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Human Intelligence, and the Forbidden Fruit of Caffeine original ↗

24 Jul 2025

Cities and how the algorithmic timeline kills innovation original ↗

23 Apr 2025

Exponential growth in startups original ↗

22 Apr 2025

Designing a method to achieve affordable mortgages for Nigerians original ↗

21 Apr 2025

Empathy original ↗

20 Apr 2025

A further note on organisation design & feedback loops original ↗

3 Apr 2025

As the light dims original ↗

19 Mar 2025

The origin of gravity: a new idea original ↗

21 Feb 2025

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The danger in letting crypto platforms create tokens that mirror a countries currency original ↗

22 Feb 2024

My theory for the dropping global TFR - LED Lighting original ↗

12 Jan 2024

2023

About Mark Essien original ↗

1 Dec 2023

My Middle East Peace Plan original ↗

24 Nov 2023

The real population of Nigeria original ↗

5 Jun 2023

Boolean Logic, missing brackets and the 2023 Nigeria Presidential Election Tribunal original ↗

24 Mar 2023

The drama in trying to convert election PDFs to Spreadsheets original ↗

22 Mar 2023

2022

Types of people original ↗

26 Dec 2022

Are deep neural networks alive?original ↗

15 May 2022

Micro-monolith design pattern for software original ↗

15 May 2022

Suggestion for blog-based social media original ↗

21 Apr 2022

2021

How Government companies can be privatized successfully original ↗

21 Mar 2021

Techniques, Feedback loops, Reactive/Initiative activities & Micro-motivation original ↗

8 Feb 2021

Replicating your database on 3 machines original ↗

21 Jan 2021

Decentralized, global Fiat Transfers using Crypto original ↗

1 Jan 2021

Finishing a Project original ↗

1 Jan 2021

Proposal for a new stock exchange for small businesses original ↗

1 Jan 2021

2020

Designing a better Terminal original ↗

22 Dec 2020

Radical Focus original ↗

22 Dec 2020

The Butterfly In The Graveyard original ↗

10 Oct 2020

2019

There Are No Rules original ↗

4 Jun 2019

2018

Proof of improvement original ↗

27 Aug 2018

The Sunflower original ↗

4 Apr 2018

2017

Mubarak original ↗

16 Jun 2017

Startups in early markets original ↗

29 May 2017

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The hotels.ng internship program - a recap original ↗

17 Nov 2016

A non-technical founder dealing with a technical team original ↗

9 Nov 2016

Observations about startups original ↗

21 Sept 2016

Observations on managing people original ↗

4 Jun 2016

An analysis of the hotels.ng 2012 pitch original ↗

27 Apr 2016

Too early an expert original ↗

1 Mar 2016

Building HNG Internship original ↗

1 Jan 2016

2015

Building a call center with a raspberry pi original ↗

21 Sept 2015

Interview questions to find a genius original ↗

22 Apr 2015

2014

Two Years In The Trenches Building Hotels.ng original ↗

26 Jan 2014

2013

100 years from now original ↗

14 Nov 2013

Evaluating Startup Ideas original ↗

5 Jun 2013

Building Hotels.ng original ↗

1 Jan 2013

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An idea on how to cheaply discover if a product will take off original ↗

12 Apr 2012

Half-viral products original ↗

18 Jan 2012

2011

Rejections without Feedback original ↗

11 Nov 2011

Abstraction levels in UI design original ↗

4 Jan 2011

Building around a traction channel original ↗

1 Jan 2011

2010

Do you need a co-founder?original ↗

1 Dec 2010

A Chinese Villager Software Developer original ↗

1 Aug 2010

Ruthless co-workers original ↗

11 Apr 2010

Simplifying your product original ↗

10 Apr 2010

It's not enough to be smart, work hard original ↗

4 Mar 2010

RSS Test original ↗

12 Jan 2010

River Hydro-power original ↗

1 Jan 2010

2009

How to successfully hire a coder from a freelancing site like Upwork original ↗

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One-Hit Wonder original ↗

17 Jan 2009

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Doing Charity Work original ↗

1 Jan 2007

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Standard Mpeg Encoder original ↗

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Gnumm File Sharing original ↗

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