F. Anıl Haksever
Independent software developer. Istanbul.
10+ years shipping production software across 7 countries. Two BSc degrees. Thesis on LLM-driven anomaly detection.
How I Work
The developer who writes the proposal is the one writing the code.
One person, full cycle. Architecture, implementation, deployment, maintenance. I take a limited number of projects so each one gets my full attention. You always know exactly who's responsible.
When the project calls for it, I plug into your existing team just as well. Same ownership, same standards, your stack and your workflow.
Background
- 2014 — Started building. PHP, bots, web apps.
- 2017 — First open-source framework, still maintained today.
- 2018 — First international client. System still running 7+ years later.
- 2012–2026 — Dual Degrees: Physics (YTÜ) + Management Information Systems (Anadolu).
- 2022 — Founded Forge Zero as a formal practice.
- Today — Clients in the US, UK, Canada, Ukraine, Italy, Chile, and Turkey.
Fluent in Turkish and English (C2).
More About Me
My interest in software started with a Turbo C book in 2005 and an apprenticeship at a local computer shop through middle school.
Community projects turned into frameworks, frameworks turned into professional client work. By university, I was building full-stack applications on demand.
At YTÜ I specialized in Numerical Analysis, Electronics, Solid State Physics, and Electromagnetism. I wanted to grow my programming skills alongside my physics knowledge. My coursework involved writing simulations and solvers, I focused on where the physics and programming intersected. By the time I graduated, computational problem-solving was second nature. When I realized I wanted the business side too, I picked up a second degree in Management Information Systems at Anadolu. That filled in the gaps: requirements analysis, database design, process optimization, project economics.
I have paused my university education during COVID, served my mandatory military service as a specialist private in the Turkish Air Force, communication and information systems unit. I returned to software development in 2022 with a renewed focus on custom business systems and AI applications, founding Forge Zero to formalize my practice.
As part of my thesis at YTÜ, I dove into machine learning, exploring LLM-driven anomaly detection using CERN data by combining traditional ML algorithms with large language model orchestration. That opened the last door in a toolbelt that now spans from web pages to predictive ML pipelines.
Off the Clock
Personal projects, open-source tools, electronics tinkering, Arduino builds, home automation — building things is the hobby, not just the job. My first bot was a Discord moderation tool I wrote for a community I was part of. It turned into a framework. The framework turned into client work. That pattern hasn't stopped.
When I'm not writing software, I'm probably soldering a circuit board, building an electronic drum kit, reading physics papers, or flying virtual aircraft on VATSIM.
The Name
Forge — I build things from raw material. Zero — Every project starts from first principles. Your problem, your constraints, your goals.