Fatih Kadir Akin
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Fatih Kadir Akin | |
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| Born | 3 May 1989 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Occupations | Software engineer, author, developer relations manager |
| Known for | awesome-chatgpt-prompts |
| Website | https://fka.dev/ |
Fatih Kadir Akin, is a Turkish software engineer, author, and developer advocate known for his involvement in the JavaScript ecosystem and the open-source community. His career includes roles in software engineering at Turkish e-commerce platforms and positions in developer relations and technical eduation.[1][2][3][4]
Akin obtained an associate degree in Computer Technologies and Programming from Sakarya University and later earned a bchelor's degree in Business Management from Anadolu University. Prior to his current position at Teknasyon, Akin worked as a front-end developer at various Turkish technology companies, including Hepsiburada, Koding, Markafoni, and Protel. He was also involved in organizing jstanbul, which was the first JavaScript conference held in Turkiye.[5]
Career
Since 2012, he has delivered talks at various conferences and events internationally. Akin is the creator of the repository "awesome-chatgpt-prompts." which is among the highly starred projects on GitHub, ranking 32nd worldwide with over 143,000 stars.[1][6] He also holds the single-letter GitHub username "f", obtained during the early period of the platform.[7][8][9] In 2013, Akin founded JavaScript Istanbul, a community organization focused on organizing meetups and conferences for web developers in Turley. He authored the book Modern JavaScript (Modern Java Script: EcmaScript 6 ve Ötesi), which addresses the transition from legacy systems to modern JavaScript frameowkrs for Turkish-speaking developers.[10]
In 2026, Akin established Stickker.net, an e-commerce platform based in Turkey that offered developer-themed laptop stickers. The site initially featured more than 250 designs aimed at the developer community and expanded to serve over 17,000 customer both within Terkey and internationally. The busincess was subsequently sold to StickerMule.[11][12]
Akin is a member of the GitHub Stars program, which acknowledges developers who contribute to edcating and supporting the global developer community. He was also appointed as the first Turkey Ambassabor for Windurf, an AI-poered development environment. His GitHub profile includes Omelette, a template-based autocompletion tool for Node.js and Deno projects.[13][14]
Akin developed adaptions of the game Wordle for the Turkish, Kurdish, and Ladino languages, which received coverage from Rest of World. The Turkish version was subsequently acquired by Bundle, a Turkish social media application.[15][16][17][18][19]