Speaking

Speaking

I speak about the things I work on: APIs, developer tools, AI agents, technical writing, open source, and what happens when software meets real users.

My talks usually come from something I've built, investigated, or learned the hard way rather than from a general overview of a topic.

Joel Olawanle speaking at API Conference Lagos
Joel Olawanle presenting his talk at API Conference Lagos
Joel Olawanle on stage at API Conference Lagos

Selected talks

OSCAFest· Lagos, Nigeria· 2025

LLM-optimized docs: How to make your project more AI findable

How documentation is changing now that developers increasingly discover and use software through AI tools.

Technical writingAIDeveloper experience
APIConf Lagos· Lagos, Nigeria· 2026

Your API has a new user: What our API logs taught us about AI agents

What API logs can reveal when the code calling your product is increasingly generated or operated by AI agents.

APIsAI agentsDeveloper experience
DevFest Akure· Akure, Nigeria· 2022

Growing your career through technical writing

How writing about what you learn and build can create opportunities, sharpen your technical thinking, and help other developers.

Technical writingCareer
DevFest Ogbomosho· Ogbomosho, Nigeria· 2024

Building through developer communities

Lessons from open source, community work, and helping developers grow through contribution.

Open sourceCommunity
Community talk· 2024

The role of AI in technical writing: enhancing human craft, not replacing it

Where AI genuinely helps in a technical writing workflow, where it gets in the way, and why the human craft still matters.

Technical writingAI

Topics I speak about

APIs and developer experience
AI agents and machine-readable software
Technical writing and developer education
Developer tools and automation
Open source and developer communities
Building and growing technical products

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If you're organizing a developer conference, meetup, workshop, or engineering event and think one of these topics would fit your audience, feel free to reach out.

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