Press Mentions
& Media Coverage
❯ Ahmad Awais

A non-exhaustive list of press mentions & media coverage on Ahmad Awais.

Highlights#

🌱 Your purpose in action — featured by Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft
News at Microsoft (featured at the top) ·  Satya’s Tweet · YouTube · LinkedIn

🏆 The MongoDB Innovation Award 2021: Honors projects & people who dream big. Congratulations to the 2021 Innovation Award Winners!
Front Line Heroes Award: Ahmad Awais for The “CORONA CLI” Project – Awais built a CLI command-line tool to track COVID-19 in March 2020. This project has served several billions of API requests making COVID stats accessible throughout the world.
Presented on MongoDB .live · Award video · Twitter · Fb · LinkedIn · PR
Archived · July 14, 2021

📰 Bloomberg: Eighth Annual MongoDB Innovation Award Winners Unveiled at MongoDB.Live 2021 (Front Line Heroes Award)
Archived · July 14, 2021

📰 TechJuice: CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella Highlights Pakistani Developer Ahmad Awais In His Inspire Keynote
Archived · Featured on the homepage (Top) · July 16, 2021
Facebook Video · Facebook Post · Tweet · Instagram

📰 Developing Pakistan: Microsoft’s CEO praised Pakistani developer ‘Ahmad Awais’ for his open-source code that enabled NASA’s mission to Mars
Facebook · Tweet · Archived

📰 Startup Pakistan: Microsoft’s CEO Praised Pakistani Developer ‘Ahmad Awais’ for his Open Source Code that enabled NASA’s mission to Mars
LinkedIn · Facebook · July 17, 2021

📰 ProPakistani: Microsoft CEO Appreciates Pakistani Dev for Code That Enabled NASA’s Mars Mission
Archived · Instagram · July 16, 2021

📰 Business Insider: 8th Annual MongoDB Innovation Award Winners Unveiled (Front Line Heroes Award)
Archived · July 14, 2021

🇺🇸 U.S. Embassy: Pakistani developers are truly making their mark in the world. #DidYouKnow Ahmad Awais (@MrAhmadAwais), a Pakistani award-winning open-source engineer, contributed code to the software for the Mars 2020 helicopter mission, also known as NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter?
Coverage on: Twitter · Facebook · Instagram · U.S. Consulate General Karachi
Archived · May 17, 2021

📰 Mashable: US recognizes Pakistani engineer for contributing software code to NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
Archived · Featured on the homepage (Sidebar) · May 19, 2021

📰 Yahoo Now: Eighth Annual MongoDB Innovation Award Winners Unveiled at MongoDB.Live 2021 (Front Line Heroes Award)
Archived · July 14, 2021

📰 SEE PK: Microsoft’s CEO & U.S. Embassy Lauds Pakistani Developer’s Contribution in Mars 2020 Mission
July 17, 2021

📺 HumTV News: Featured live interview in the program “Subah Say Agay”: Meet Award-winning Pakistani IT expert Ahmad Awais on Subah Se Agay
May 26, 2021

🎖️ Smashing Magazine: Person of the Week — Please give a round of applause for our Person of the Week: Ahmad Awais! Ahmad is passionate about Developer Experience and doesn’t rest when it comes to evangelizing Open Source and coding best practices. Thank you for everything you do, @MrAhmadAwais!
Coverage on: Twitter
Jan 01, 2020

Talk of the town#

📰 wp-content: Happy 18th Birthday WordPress! Featuring 8 WordPress Veterans & Their WordPress Story
Archived· May 27, 2021

📮 Pakistan Software Export Board: Ahmad Awais … contributed code to the software for the Mars 2020 helicopter mission … Proud moment for Pakistan.

📰 Business Recorder: US recognizes Pakistani engineer for contributing to NASA’s 2020 Mars Mission
Archived · Featured on homepage · May 18, 2021

📰 TechJuice: US Embassy lauds Pakistani engineer for his contribution to NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
Archived · Featured on the homepage (Top) · May 19, 2021

📰 Startup Pakistan: Ahmad Awais … acknowledged for contribution to NASA’s Ingenuity Mars 2020 Helicopter Mission
Coverage: LinkedIn · Facebook · Instagram · May 18, 2021

📖 DevKinsta Book: Quoted in the How to install WP Locally eBook
Cached eBook Page 27 · Sep 18, 2021

📰 ProPakistani: US Recognizes Pakistani Developer for Mars 2020 Helicopter Mission
Archived · May 18, 2021

📰 SouthAsiaMonitor: US recognizes the contribution of Pakistani engineer in NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
Archived · May 18, 2021

📰 News PMC: US embassy lauds award-winning Pakistani engineer
Archived · Featured on homepage · May 18, 2021

📰 The Other Side-Pakistan: US recognizes the contribution of Pakistani engineer in NASA’s Mars 2020 mission

📰 SundayTimes Magazine: Ahmad Awais making Pakistan proud!
Coverage: Facebook · Instagram
May 18, 2021

📰 Parhlo: US Recognizes Pakistani Engineer for contributing to NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission
May 20, 2021

📰 UrduPoint: Mars Helicopter Mission: Pakistani Engineer Ahmad Awais raised the nation’s head with pride (Urdu)
Archived · May 18, 2021

📰 MM News TV: Pakistani engineer recognized for contributing to NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
Archived · Featured on homepage · May 18, 2021

📰 Quora PK: US Recognizes Pakistani Developer for Mars 2020 Helicopter Mission
May 18, 2021

📰 Nation Bytes: Pakistani Engineer Receives International Recognition For Contributions To NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission
Archived · Featured on homepage · May 18, 2021

📰 Siasat.pk: US Embassy Applauds Pakistani Engineer For His Contributions To NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission
Coverage: Facebook · YouTube
Archived· Featured on homepage · May 18, 2021

📰 UET Tribune: UET Alumnus contributes code to NASA’s Mars 2020 helicopter mission
May 20, 2021

📰 GrowPakistani: US Embassy lauds Pakistani Engineer for his contribution to NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission
May 20, 2021

📰 Siasat.pk: Mars Helicopter Mission: Pakistani Engineer’s Great Achievement, US Embassy Tribute
Coverage: Twitter · Facebook · Facebook #2 · YouTube
Archived · Featured on homepage in the sidebar · May 18, 2021

📰 Global Village Space: Pakistani engineer makes the country proud
Coverage: Twitter
Archived · Featured on homepage · May 18, 2021

📰 AboutPakistan: Ahmad Awais – a Pakistani Developer recognized for contributions to NASA software code
Archived · Featured on homepage · May 20, 2021

📰 PKHype: US Embassy lauds Pakistani engineer for his contribution to NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
Archived · May 18, 2021

📰 Geo News: Pakistani engineer recognized for contributing software code to NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
Archived · Featured in Top Stories on the homepage · May 17, 2021

📰 Geo News Urdu: A great achievement of Pakistani Engineer Ahmad Awais, a tribute from the US Embassy
Archived · May 17, 2021

📺 Geo TV: Geo National News Headlines 05 PM, Headlines 06 PM
May 17, 2021

📺 Advance Pakistan: Pakistani Engineer Contribution in MARS Mission
May 20, 2021

📺 Dharti News: US Embassy has paid special tribute to Pakistani Engineer Ahmad Awais
May 18, 2021

📰 Geo TV Instagram: US Embassy recognized the contributions of a Pakistani award-winning open-source engineer, Ahmad Awais
May 17, 2021

📰 NewsOnePK Urdu: US Embassy congratulates this Pakistani developer
Coverage on: Twitter · Featured on homepage
Archived · May 17, 2021

📰 HELLO! Magazine: The US Embassy in Islamabad recognized Ahmad Awais, a Pakistani open-source engineer who contributed code to the program for the Mars 2020 helicopter mission, on Monday, May 17.
May 17, 2021

📰 Current PAK: US Embassy recognized open-source dev Ahmad Awais
May 17, 2021

📰 UrduWire: Pakistani Engineer Acknowledged for His Contribution to Nasa’s Mars 2020 Mission
Archived · May 17, 2021

📰 Aik Pakistani News: US Embassy recognized … Ahmad Awais
May 17, 2021

📰 Times of Islamabad: US lauds contribution of Pakistani engineer Ahmad Awais in NASA Mars mission software coding
Archived · May 17, 2021

📰 ZemTV: US Embassy applauds Pakistani engineer for his contributions to NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission
Archived · May 17, 2021

📰 Pakistan High Commission, Mauritius: Pakistani devs making their mark in the world … Ahmad Awais contributed code to Mars Helicopter mission
May 17, 2021

📰 HamariWeb: Pakistani Engineer Acknowledged for His Contribution to Nasa’s Mars 2020 Mission
Archived · May 17, 2021

📰 SStoriesMag(SSM): Pakistani Engineer recognized by US Embassy
May 17, 2021

📰 The Other Side-Pakistan: Pakistani Engineer recognized for contributing to NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
May 17, 2021

📰 The Nation: Pakistani engineer acknowledged for his contribution to NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
Archived · May 17, 2021

📰 Pakistan Today: Pakistani engineer receives international recognition for contributions to NASA software code
Archived · Featured on National Category · May 17, 2021

📰 Pakistan Observer: Ahmad Awais – A Pakistani engineer who contributed to NASA’s first helicopter flight on Mars
Archived · Featured on homepage in the sidebar · May 17, 2021

📰 DailyPakistan: US recognizes Pakistani engineer for contributing to NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
Archived · Featured on homepage · May 17, 2021

📰 TechnologyTimes: US Recognises Pakistani Engineer For Contributing To NASA’s Mission
Archived · Featured on homepage in the sidebar · May 17, 2021

📰 SocialPakora: Pakistani engineer recognized for contributing software code to NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
Archived · Featured on homepage · May 17, 2021

📰 PakistanShinning: Pakistani Engineer Acknowledged For His Contribution to NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission
Archived · Featured on homepage · May 17, 2021

📰 Ebene Magazine: Pakistani engineer acknowledged for his contribution to NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
Archived · May 17, 2021

📰 News VOT: US recognizes Pakistani engineer for contributing to NASA’s 2020 Mars Mission – Pakistan
Archived · May 17, 2021

📰 VoiceOfSindh: Ahmad Awais – The Pakistani Engineer Who Contributed to NASA’s Mars 2020 helicopter mission
Archived · Featured on homepage + Editor’s Pick · May 17, 2021

📰 Ace News: Pakistani developers are truly making their mark in the world
Archived · May 17, 2021

📰 IG News: US Embassy welcomes Pakistani developer
Archived · May 17, 2021

📰 News 24 Hours: US recognizes Pakistani engineer for contributing to NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
Archived · May 17, 2021

📰 UET EE Dept: Department of Electrical Engineering UET Lahore congratulates alum, Ahmad Awais on receiving the gold GitHub Stars Award
Archived · May 17, 2021

📰 Technologistan: Pakistani developer Ahmad Awais’s contribution to Ingenuity’s software of NASA via open-source travels to Mars
Archived · April 30, 2021

📰 TechJuice: Pakistani Developer’s Open Source Code Contribution To NASA’s Ingenuity Travels To Mars
Archived · Featured on homepage · April 29, 2021

📰 Zivallo: Pakistani Developer’s Open Source Code Contribution To NASA’s Ingenuity Travels To Mars
Archived · April 29, 2021

📰 TechJuice: Ahmad Awais – a Pakistani Developer and YouTuber Received The Gold GitHub Stars Award
Archived · Featured on homepage · April 21, 2021

📰 Technologistan: Ahmad Awais becomes the first Pakistani to receive the Gold GitHub Stars Award, being among the 8 developers to have been honored
Archived · April 21, 2021

📰 Pakistan Journal: Ahmad Awais becomes the first Pakistani to receive the Gold GitHub Stars Award
April 21, 2021

📺 DigitalOcean Deploy Conf Interview: Ahmad Awais’ DO Journey
December 4, 2020

📰 WPTavern: Ahmad Awais Launches Script to Automatically Deploy WordPress Plugin Updates
Archived · February 3, 2020

🎙️ That’s my JAMstack: Ahmad Awais on the elegance of Markdown, education, and simplification
Google Podcasts · January 14, 2020

🎙️ The Web Platform Podcast: Developing on VSCode with Ahmad Awais
Google Podcasts · May 1, 2019

📺 WordPress TV: Matt Mullenweg (WordPress Co-founder) Featured Ahmad Awais in His State of Word Talk 2018
Coverage: WordPress TV
December 9, 2018

📰 ThemeIsle: Ahmad Awais Interview – WordPress Core Contributor, Front-End Fanatic
Archived · September 6, 2018

📰 WPTavern: Matt Cromwell Hosts Matt Mullenweg in Q&A Gutenberg Interview
Archived · February 26, 2018

🎙️ Chance The Developer: Featuring Ahmad Awais + Hot tips
Coverage: ChanceTheDev · Apple Podcasts · Spotify · Google Podcasts

📰 AdvancedWP: AWP Gutenberg Interview with Ahmad Awais
Archived · February 20, 2018

📺 WordPress TV: AWP Gutenberg Interview Series with Ahmad Awais
February 18, 2018

🎙️ WPWeekly: Episode 302, Picks of the Week: Ahmad Awais Create Guten Block toolkit
January 25, 2018

📰 WPTavern: New Toolkit Simplifies the Process of Creating Gutenberg Blocks
Archived · January 23, 2018

🎙️ Press This WordPress Community Podcast: Open Source as a Lifestyle
Google Podcasts · November 21, 2017

🎙️ WPWeekly: Episode 282, Picks of the Week:
Gutenberg Boilerplate For Third-Party Custom Blocks by Ahmad Awais
July 19, 2017

📰 WPTavern: Gutenberg Boilerplate Demonstrates How to Build Custom Blocks
Archived · July 17, 2017

📰 WPEngine’s Torque Mag: Faces of WordPress — Ahmad Awais
Archived · June 7, 2017

📰 WPTavern: How to Find the Age of a Plugin Hosted in the WordPress Plugin Directory
Archived · March 24, 2017

📰 WPTavern: WordPress 4.7 is the First Release to be 100% Translated into Urdu
Archived · December 7, 2016

📺 WordPress TV: WordPress Community Interview With Ahmad Awais
August 22, 2016

📰 WPTavern: $70K WordPress Giveaway by Awais & Maedah
Archived · June 27, 2016

📰 WPTavern: Ahmad Awais Releases WordPress Customizer Package for Sublime Text
Archived · June 16, 2016

📰 SmashingMagazine: Wallpaper of the month design, Nothing’s Like A Mango In Summer
Archived · May 31, 2014