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 End
How to Measure Software Performance Reliably
Sunday H.1301 (Cornil) Software Performance 12:30 13:10
How to Instrument Go Without Changing a Single Line of Code
Sunday UB5.132 Go 13:30 14:00