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Things I've
Figured Out.

Engineering decisions, lessons from building in Kenya, AI experiments, and career moves. Written from the trenches — no fluff.

// Featured
EngineeringFeatured
8 min read

Building a Production SaaS in 6 Months — What Nobody Tells You

Everyone talks about the tech stack. Nobody talks about the 2am deployments, the first time real money moves through your webhook, or what it feels like when a landlord calls because the system is down.

SaaSFullstackMakeja Homes
Feb 2026
AI & DataFeatured
6 min read

Why I'm Building an AI Research Agent for the Nairobi Securities Exchange

Kenyan retail investors are flying blind. NSE data is fragmented, expensive, and locked away. I'm building the tool I always wished existed — and here's exactly how it works.

NSEAIPython
Mar 2026
// All Posts
EngineeringPaystackPayments12 min read

The Complete Paystack Integration Guide Nobody Wrote

Webhooks, idempotency, receipt emails, failed payment recovery — a full breakdown of what it actually takes to integrate payments into a production multi-tenant SaaS.

Jan 2026
BusinessCRMGoHighLevel7 min read

What Happens When You Give a Kenyan SME a Real CRM for the First Time

12 clients. 12 different stories of businesses that had never had an automated follow-up or a real sales pipeline. This is what the data looked like 90 days later.

Dec 2025
CareerCareerRemote Work10 min read

Getting a Senior Remote Engineering Role From Nairobi — The Honest Guide

Portfolio, positioning, platforms, and the one thing most Kenyan engineers get wrong when applying to US and European companies. Everything I learned building mine.

Mar 2026
EngineeringArchitecturePostgreSQL9 min read

Database-Per-Tenant vs Shared Schema — The Decision That Shapes Everything

When I built Makeja Homes, this was the first real architectural fork. Here's the full breakdown of what I chose, why, and what I'd do differently with hindsight.

Nov 2025
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