--- title: "Erk Ekin (@erkekin) | Hashnode" description: "iOS, swift. Read the latest articles by Erk Ekin on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@erkekin" --- @erkekin # Erk Ekin @erkekin · London · Joined December 2021 iOS, swift ### [The Diffusion of AI Innovation: 18 Engineering Personas on the Adoption Curve](https://erkek.in/the-diffusion-of-ai-innovation-18-engineering-personas-on-the-adoption-curve?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) From autonomous PR agents to the 2024 hallucination grudge, here is how software teams are actually adopting AI. 9 min read · [erkek.in](https://erkek.in/the-diffusion-of-ai-innovation-18-engineering-personas-on-the-adoption-curve?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-diffusion-of-ai-innovation-18-engineering-personas-on-the-adoption-curve/6af4266fbb5e7767f89dd20c) [3d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-diffusion-of-ai-innovation-18-engineering-personas-on-the-adoption-curve/6af4266fbb5e7767f89dd20c) ### [The AI Assistant Paradox: Apple Can Build the Platform, but Can It Convince Developers?](https://erkek.in/the-ai-assistant-paradox-apple-can-build-the-platform-but-can-it-convince-developers?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) The future of personal AI may depend less on how intelligent our assistants become and more on who is willing to let them act on our behalf. 13 min read · [erkek.in](https://erkek.in/the-ai-assistant-paradox-apple-can-build-the-platform-but-can-it-convince-developers?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [5d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-ai-assistant-paradox-apple-can-build-the-platform-but-can-it-convince-developers/6af0cf04cc16cf0d6fde2ca7) ### [Truth: A Destination or a North Star?](https://erkek.in/truth-a-destination-or-a-north-star?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) For a long time, I believed that everyone could arrive at the same truths. I thought that rational thinking, embracing the scientific method, and accepting well-established scientific theories such as 6 min read · [erkek.in](https://erkek.in/truth-a-destination-or-a-north-star?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Oct 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/truth-a-destination-or-a-north-star/6ae6282754b4bd9dcb1fa34d) ### [Syntax is Cheap, Taste is Expensive: The New Software Roles of the AI Era](https://erkek.in/syntax-is-cheap-taste-is-expensive-the-new-software-roles-of-the-ai-era?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) For the past decade, software engineering became hyper-specialized. We split teams into Product Managers who figured out what to build, Designers who figured out how it looked, and a chain of Frontend 4 min read · [erkek.in](https://erkek.in/syntax-is-cheap-taste-is-expensive-the-new-software-roles-of-the-ai-era?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Oct 30](https://hashnode.com/posts/syntax-is-cheap-taste-is-expensive-the-new-software-roles-of-the-ai-era/6ae446563224e34bf6e49e28) ### [From DuckDuckGo to Open Siri: Why Apple's New HomeView Needs Third-Party AI to Succeed](https://erkek.in/from-duckduckgo-to-open-siri-why-apple-s-new-homeview-needs-third-party-ai-to-succeed?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) When the iPhone first launched, Apple's philosophy was uncompromising: Apple builds the hardware, Apple picks the system defaults, and third-party developers live inside sandboxed apps. If you wanted 8 min read · [erkek.in](https://erkek.in/from-duckduckgo-to-open-siri-why-apple-s-new-homeview-needs-third-party-ai-to-succeed?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Oct 19](https://hashnode.com/posts/from-duckduckgo-to-open-siri-why-apple-s-new-homeview-needs-third-party-ai-to-succeed/6ad69c7a187368478c524ea1)