Writing

Thoughts on building software

Real lessons from 25+ products shipped for founders worldwide — on process, architecture, and the decisions that actually matter.

ProcessFeatured

How I Build Production-Ready MVPs in 6 Weeks

Six weeks sounds ambitious. But after building 25+ products for startups across Africa, the UK, and the US, I've refined a framework that consistently ships working software—without cutting corners on quality.

May 2, 20257 min read

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Case Study

How We Built Biometric Authentication Into a Fintech Donation App

Face ID on iOS. Fingerprint on Android. One Flutter codebase. Here's exactly how we integrated biometric authentication into OneDonate — a production fintech app — without touching the existing backend auth architecture.

May 15, 20258 min read

Technical

Flutter vs React Native: My Honest Take After 25+ Apps

I've shipped apps in both. My React Native era ended around 2021 and I haven't looked back. Here's the unfiltered breakdown—performance numbers, developer experience, ecosystem gaps, and the one case where I still recommend RN.

April 10, 20256 min read

Architecture

The 5 Architecture Mistakes That Stall Startups

I've reviewed the codebases of more than 30 startups. The same five mistakes appear, in almost the same order, in every company that plateaus after its first 10,000 users. Here's how to avoid them.

March 18, 20258 min read