About Naive Bias

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Hi there! I am the CTO at Halalbooking which is a UK based technology company where we build world's leading search and booking website for halal-friendly travel. Before Halalbooking, I have been the CTO at OneDome.

So far this journey has taught me a decent amount of heuristics and an arsenal of analytical tools. Most importantly, it has shaped a certain sense of measure, an intuition that makes you feel good when you think about the right choice and that causes a caution when you are about to slip up.

Naive Bias is where I share my learnings about software design, engineering leadership, team culture and technical strategy. As the name of this website suggests, you should expect my writing here to be subjective. Other than its literal meaning, "naive bias" is an allusion to my favourite probabilistic classifier. I like it for its naiveness.

You can also follow me on X, where I post and retweet about broader topics including the technologies that I work with, the products that I like using and the ideas that I find inspiring.

If you need to get in touch with me, here's my email: turan@rustam.li

All the best,
Turan

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Latest publications
Nov 4th, 2023 Read the code Jul 17th, 2023 Good explanations Jul 5th, 2022 Solution ownership Nov 19th, 2021 Bundling and unbundling Sep 21st, 2021 Clarity of purpose Aug 15th, 2021 The power of simple rules Jun 19th, 2021 The systems lens