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The Belittlers Conundrum – The search for the ‘Silicon Semenya’

Apr 11, 2013 7 Comments by

Ok, a disclaimer/warning as always. This is another one of my hard-hitting posts. Yeah. Like I have any boot-licking pussy posts up in this mofo? Not a “feel-good” blog post about how far we have come and how “good things will be in 3 years”. If you do not want to ruin your day with [...]

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Demystifying the @ihubCluster for the average Wangechi, Waititu, Alai and Mama Mboga minds

Jan 22, 2013 8 Comments by

And so you have heard. The iHub Cluster is live. She purrs and we haven’t even started nuthin yet. I can add. But what does “cluster” even mean? What does it do? Will it make Burritos? How does it help the common Mwananchi? Questions!! So, this blog post is inspired by the classic and legendary [...]

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A completely stupid Idiot’s guide to what @iHub and @theNailab is and is not

Jan 04, 2013 3 Comments by

Gawd!! My blood boils with rage. Very many times, I have come close to a state of mind where I could get off my script, punch a bitch in the nose and then go back to code. People just DON’T get the purpose of these Tech-Spaces. “Relax Salim. It is never that serious”, an idiot occasionally tells [...]

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Using the “Taxi Driver’s Solution” get happier clients as a Coder

Nov 26, 2012 9 Comments

Every single day, as a coder, you will face the same challenges as a Taxi/Cab Driver. If anything, we are dealing with clients, right? And clients are stupid, right? How about WRONG!? How about we look at this issue from an unselfish angle? Can we? Shall we? Coding is a new venture to most people [...]

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