Brussels / 31 January & 1 February 2026

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Kemal Akkoyun

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https://github.com/kakkoyun

Software Infrastructure Engineer | System Programmer | Performance Engineer. Obsessed with Observability, Instrumentation, and low-level programming. 🤔 Slow thinker. Open Source Enthusiast. Mentor (CNCF LFX, Google Summer of Code, CommunityBridge, GoBridge). Blogger and speaker. Introverted Human (not Cylon, I guess). 😄 Pronouns: He/Him

🔭 Deep in the trenches of Go runtime and compiler internals, building AST manipulation tools for injecting instrumentation systems. Working on Go instrumentation and profiling at Datadog APM. Keeping a soft spot for profiling while tinkering with Go and its toolchain. 🌱 Exploring engineering leadership, LLM internals, and automating Personal Knowledge Management with Claude Code and MCPs.


Events

Title Day Room Track Start (UTC+1) End (UTC+1)
How to Reliably Measure Software Performance
Sunday H.1301 (Cornil) Software Performance 11:50 12:30
How to Instrument Go Without Changing a Single Line of Code
Sunday UB5.132 Go 13:30 14:00