Published in Zappi Tech Blog·Nov 4, 2020Ketchup: The app we built that brought us back togetherIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Zappi went completely remote across all of our offices. One of the side effects of this move was that we had significantly less organic, social interactions between employees. To counter this, we built Ketchup: a Slack app that promotes interaction throughout the company. In…Covid 197 min readCovid 197 min read
Published in We’ve moved to freeCodeCamp.org/news·Apr 11, 2019The Computer Science of Evolution: an Introduction to Genetic AlgorithmsBeing a computer scientist with an interest in evolution and biological processes, the topic of genetic algorithms, and more broadly, evolutionary computation is to me what a candy shop is to a 5-year-old: Heaven. …Science10 min readScience10 min read
Mar 7, 2019Regret: Embrace it, don’t avoid it — A story about a failed attempt at loveAhh, yes, Regret, my dear old friend. We have come a long way you and I. Sometimes you frequent my life, and other times you are absent for weeks, months, perhaps even years on end… and then bam! You rear your ugly face again. But I have nothing against you…Love5 min readLove5 min read
Nov 4, 2018How I woke up to a R78,000 credit card debt — Part 2In the previous episode of Ben’s financial crisis… I explained why I initially obtained a credit card, how I obtained the credit card and what I spent my first few thousand rands of debt on. In this post I will expand on how, over a period of three years, my…Money18 min readMoney18 min read
Oct 28, 2018How I woke up to a R78,000 credit card debt — Part 1In this post, I will expand on the tumultuous love-hate relationship that I have had with my beloved credit card over the past 4 years and how I ended up with R78,000 worth of debt. Mind you, this figure, which is my current credit card limit, doesn’t even take into…Money9 min readMoney9 min read
Sep 24, 2018According to Carl Jung, there are four stages of one’s life:According to Carl Jung, there are four stages of one’s life: The Athlete The Warrior The Statement The Spirit These stages have nothing to do with how old you are, what you have achieved or what possessions you have attained. Also, these stages are not necessarily linear either, so you…Life13 min readLife13 min read
Aug 12, 2018What Are You Optimizing For?On Saturday, 4 August 2018, I attended a talk given by my business partner Masharty Tembo, at The Cape Quarter Lifestyle Village in Greenpoint, Cape Town, hosted by the Allan Gray Association. His talk was titled ‘Turning Ideas Into Problem Solving Products’ and during this talk, he eloquently broke down…Entrepreneurship5 min readEntrepreneurship5 min read
Jul 29, 2018I am not just a software developerYes: I do have degrees in Computer Science I do have a strong appreciation for logic I have written a lot of code And I have worked on numerous software applications, systems, ‘startups’, Startups, companies and business ventures over the course of my life But I am not just a…Startup2 min readStartup2 min read
Jun 10, 2018CULTURE SHOCKS: HOW MY VIEWS OF THE WORLD HAVE CHANGED OVER THE RECENT DECADESome Background I was born at the Mbabane Government hospital in The Kingdom Swaziland on 11 March 1992 to two amazing Tanzanian parents and I essentially spent my entire childhood there, with occasional trips to countries like South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and of course Tanzania. …Culture8 min readCulture8 min read
May 14, 2018AN OPEN LETTER TO MY 19 YEAR OLD SELF: DON’T WORRY, EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT.Dear Benjamin from January 2012. As I write you this letter I am sitting on my balcony on a sunny Saturday morning at the Mare Monte Beach Hotel on the beautiful Greek island of Crete. I was thinking about you all night long and I figured that I would take…Life Lessons13 min readLife Lessons13 min read
