I’m Levent Kaya, a computer science graduate student and systems programmer based in Istanbul.

This blog documents my work in low-level programming — the kind where you care what the hardware is actually doing. I write about C and C++, operating system internals, graphics programming without abstractions, debugger internals, and retrocomputing.

Projects

• fbgl — A zero-dependency Linux framebuffer graphics library written in C. Direct /dev/fb0 access, no SDL, no OpenGL.
• BoltDbg — A cross-platform debugger built on ptrace(2). Modern debugger internals from scratch in C++.
• c6502 — A MOS 6502 emulator and integrated debugging suite with real-time register and memory visualization.
• cvm — A Java Virtual Machine implementation in C++.

Research

Currently pursuing a master’s degree in computer science, with research focused on async I/O and syscall runtimes on Linux. Planning to continue into a PhD.

Contact

• GitHub: github.com/lvntky
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lvntky
• Email: leventkayadev@gmail.com