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 compile-time magic, runtime eBPF trickery, and tracing wizardry. Keeping a soft spot for profiling while tinkering with Go and its toolchain. 🌱 Still exploring distributed systems, time-series (Prometheus) sorcery, and making machines sing in harmony.

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Learn more at kakkoyun.me/about

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From: 27 March 2025 - To: 03 April 2025

Go              6 hrs 1 min     ██████████▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░   42.22 %
Other           5 hrs 7 mins    █████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░   35.84 %
YAML            1 hr 29 mins    ██▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░   10.48 %
Markdown        51 mins         █▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░   06.04 %
Makefile        20 mins         ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░   02.37 %

Further details wakatime.com/@kemal

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Blog posts

• Vibe Coding with Cursor: My R&D Week Adventure 🚀 March 12, 2025

• FOSDEM 2025: Blimey, What a Weekend! February 4, 2025

• When Hustle Culture and Personal Values Collide: Lessons from My Startup Journey October 16, 2024

• I left Polar Signals or A new chapter in my professional journey March 18, 2024

• Profiling Python with eBPF: A New Frontier in Performance Analysis February 12, 2024

For more visit kakkoyun.me/posts

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Talks

	FOSDEM 2024 - Profiling Python with eBPF: A New Frontier in Performance Analy... February 6, 2024
	Prometheus Updates and Deep Dive - Kemal Akkoyun, Polar Signals & Bryan Boreh... May 1, 2023
	Making Go More Efficient (Go Time Live!) December 7, 2022
	PromCon EU 2022: Best Practices and Pitfalls of Instrumenting Your Cloud-Nati... November 24, 2022
	Achieving Zero-Instrumentation Monitoring with eBPF - Kemal Akkoyun, Polar Si... October 28, 2022