The bot traffic reality check: a live discussion of Kinsta’s 2026 report
The block or allow decision is harder than it looks: what 10 billion requests reveal about AI crawlers in 2026
Description
Daniel Pataki is the Chief Technology Officer at Kinsta, where he leads technology strategy and innovation for one of the world’s fastest-growing managed WordPress hosting platforms. Known in the developer community from contributions to publications like Smashing Magazine, WPMU DEV, and Tuts+, Pataki brings expertise
What we’ll cover:
- Why AI crawler behavior has changed and what’s actually causing performance problems
- How bot traffic impacts different site types
- The trade-offs between blocking, allowing, and managing crawlers
- Practical frameworks for advising clients and managing your own infrastructure
- Live Q&A
About the presenter:
Daniel Pataki is the Chief Technology Officer at Kinsta, where he leads technology strategy and innovation for one of the world’s fastest-growing managed WordPress hosting platforms. Known in the developer community from contributions to publications like Smashing Magazine, WPMU DEV, and Tuts+, Pataki brings expertise across a range of technologies including WordPress, PHP, Node.js, React, and GraphQL, BigQuery and cloud workload optimization and enhancement.
Under his technical leadership, Kinsta has introduced strategic initiatives addressing modern web challenges, from pricing models that account for automated AI traffic to automated update and security improvements, all while fostering a developer-centric culture focused on performance, reliability, and usability.
