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Fatih Kadir Akın

Fatih Kadir Akın

Developer Advocate at WordPress • Automattician • GitHub Star • Public Speaker

Istanbul, Turkey

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Fatih Kadir Akın is a software developer and public speaker from Istanbul, currently working as Developer Advocate at WordPress, Automattic. He is an award-winning GitHub Star recognized for his impact on open source and developer communities worldwide.

Author of books on JavaScript and prompt engineering for AI tools, Fatih is passionate about the intersection of web technologies and AI-assisted development. He actively contributes to open-source projects, builds experimental tools on GitHub, and shares insights at conferences around the world.

A strong advocate for open-source collaboration, Fatih specializes in JavaScript and Ruby (particularly Ruby on Rails). Beyond coding, he enjoys organizing tech events, mentoring developers, and exploring new ways AI can empower software engineers.

He is also the creator of prompts.chat, a platform for discovering and optimizing AI prompts for large language models.

Area of Expertise

  • Business & Management
  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • Software Engineering
  • Software Development
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning
  • Developer Productivity
  • Front-End
  • Front-end Engineering
  • ai
  • Developers
  • Developer Tools
  • Google Developer Experts
  • Developer Experience

The Productivity Illusion: What AI Really Changed for Developers

Everyone says AI made developers faster. But did it really? This session dives into the hidden layers of AI-assisted development: How it affects focus, flow, and trust. Drawing from real-world experience building AI tools and observing developer behavior, We'll reveal what we gained, what we lost, and what we must redesign to make productivity human again.

WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2026 - North America Sessionize Event Upcoming

September 2026 San Jose, California, United States

Microsoft Build 2026 Upcoming

prompts.chat: Building an Open Prompt Ecosystem for the Age of Agents

June 2026 San Francisco, California, United States

Nebraska.Code() 2025 Sessionize Event

July 2025 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Azure AI Connect Sessionize Event

March 2025

GDG DevFest 2024 - Tashkent Sessionize Event

December 2024 Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Devfest Istanbul

November 2024 Istanbul, Turkey

Devfest Baku

October 2024 Baku, Azerbaijan

Fatih Kadir Akın

Developer Advocate at WordPress • Automattician • GitHub Star • Public Speaker

Istanbul, Turkey

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