Discovery
Hairstyle Explorer
A filterable visual library organized by length, texture, bangs, bobs, pixies, curls, and more.
Computer Engineering✦Full-Stack Development✦Product Strategy✦Frontend Systems✦Backend Architecture✦AI Products✦Creative Technology✦Cloud Deployment✦Digital Experiences✦
Open to ambitious ideas and collaborations
COMPUTER ENGINEER · FULL-STACK DEVELOPER
I turn ideas intoproducts that move.
Erciyes University Computer Engineering graduate building complete products across frontend, backend, AI, and product systems.
01 / SELECTED WORK
Built to become
something real.
The flagship products and the individual systems behind NextHair— from discovery and personalization to safe AI generation.
01AI Hair Decision Platform · Live
NENextHair
A visual decision platform that combines editorial hair inspiration with realistic, identity-aware AI previews.
VISIT NEXTHAIR.NET
02Personalization Engine · Private Beta
AIAI Style Studio
A guided three-minute consultation that turns hair profile, face strategy, lifestyle, and goals into personal style directions.
EXPLORE THE STUDIO
03Generative Experience · Private Beta
AIAI Hairstyle Try-On
A consent-led selfie flow for selecting hairstyles, generating realistic previews, and reviewing results before a real-world cut.
OPEN TRY-ON
NEXTHAIR / PRODUCT CHANNELS
One platform.
Twenty working parts.
Product surfaces, intelligence layers, editorial systems, and trust infrastructure—each designed as a focused experience.
Editorial System
Haircut Library
A structured haircut taxonomy that turns broad inspiration into practical, browsable directions.
Color Discovery
Hair Color Explorer
A dedicated channel for shades, color families, highlights, balayage, and transformation ideas.
Audience Channel
Men’s Haircuts
A focused catalog spanning fades, crops, quiffs, textured cuts, and longer styles for men.
Style Channel
Updos & Occasion Styles
A curated destination for buns, chignons, braids, formal looks, and occasion-ready styling.
Quiz Experience
Women’s Style Profile
A recommendation path shaped by texture, color, face balance, maintenance, and personal goals.
Quiz Experience
Men’s Style Profile
A tailored branch for current length, thinning concerns, haircut frequency, and styling effort.
Computer Vision UX
Face Validation
Camera and gallery guidance that checks framing and helps users submit a useful front-facing selfie.
Recommendation Logic
Style Matching Engine
A matching layer that weighs face strategy, natural texture, daily routine, and the user’s main goal.
Responsible AI
Selfie Safety Gate
Explicit consent, own-selfie rules, age checks, and clear boundaries against impersonation and abuse.
Account Product
Private Results Gallery
A private home for generated looks, designed around reviewing and returning to personal results.
Results Toolkit
Favorites & Downloads
Lightweight controls for saving preferred directions and taking references to a stylist.
Decision UX
Multi-Angle Comparison
Side-by-side and multi-view result patterns that make subtle differences easier to compare.
Conversion Journey
Guest Preview Flow
A low-friction path from guided discovery to a private session without forcing an account upfront.
Product Infrastructure
Credits & Usage Metering
Transparent required-versus-available usage feedback for generation-heavy product flows.
Creative Tools
Result Editing Toolkit
Follow-up controls for color, length, styling edits, and variations after the first generation.
Content Platform
Editorial Magazine
Hair education and trend stories designed to connect inspiration with confident decisions.
Trust System
Editorial Standards
A published framework for sourcing, review, corrections, image rights, and content integrity.
User Trust
Privacy & Data Controls
Private result URLs, user-controlled deletion, and clear handling expectations for personal images.
iOS & Android
NextHair Mobile
A future mobile try-on experience built around capture, comparison, and decisions on the move.
02 / MISSION & VISION
I believe technology should feel less like machinery and more like an extension of human imagination.
Make complexity feel clear.
Build digital products that solve a real problem, communicate a strong point of view, and respect the people using them.
Build a body of work that matters.
Create independent products and enduring collaborations where craft, curiosity, and useful technology reinforce each other.
03 / HOW I WORK
Clarity in.
Momentum out.
Think in systems
Understand the whole before polishing the parts. Good products begin with the right questions.
Make it tangible
Ideas become useful when people can touch them. Prototype early, communicate clearly.
Ship. Learn. Repeat.
Momentum beats perfection. Release with intent, listen closely, and make the next version better.
04 / ABOUT
Curious by default.
Builder by choice.
I'm Mert Efe, a Computer Engineering graduate from Erciyes University and a highly capable full-stack developer. I build complete products—from product strategy and interface systems to backend architecture, AI workflows, deployment, and iteration.
COMPUTER ENGINEERERCIYES UNIVERSITYFULL-STACK DEVELOPERAI & PRODUCT SYSTEMS
05 / START SOMETHING
Good ideas deserve
a first move.
Have a product to shape, a problem to untangle, or a strange idea worth testing? My inbox is open.
hello@mertefe.dev