Today we celebrate Onalerona Mosimege, software developer at Praekelt.org and recent computer science graduate at UCT👸🏿🌻 #queen — 1. When and how did you start coding? When I was in grade 9 they needed to fill up the IT class in my school, so they asked all the learners that chose physics as a subject to take part in like a “sample” IT class. That was the day I…

Every now and then you meet those people who are not only technically gifted but they also have artistic talents. Carol Kariuki is a Software Developer: VituMob, Web / Mobile Developer, Facebook Community Co-Lead: Nairobi and professional Singer. …

Born and raised in Mahikeng, Software developer at Absa, Photographer, Insta Model and content creater. I am incredibly honoured to call him a friend. Meet Thuto Aphiri When did you start Coding Started coding in university. Before that I had no understanding of coding and my idea of it was totally wrong. The only coding…

Over the past year I have come to love one of Python’s most popular web frameworks, Django; The web framework for professionals with deadlines. Django’s primary goal is to ease the creation of complex, database-driven websites. This has saved me a lot of headaches while developing Buza Answers. …

This is a short blog post, it’s the first day of work. I don’t have time to write something long, you don’t have time to read it. So let’s go: Not talking about mental health enough. A lot of developers have some kind of mental health illness. Mental health awareness…

I have always thought, “Where would I be if I didn’t have the extra financial responsibility of taking care of my loved ones back home?” I frequently think of all the times my savings amounted to something and then something happens that requires me to send money home. I think…

Looking back on my first year as a developer, I realised that by this time last year I was job hunting for the first time. I had a lot of interviews lined up but after a few of them I began noticing a trend in the way companies, more specifically…

When I heard that PyCon South Africa (PyConZA) was accepting talks for the 2018 conference I was excited to hear about other people’s work. Little did I know that I would also be submitting a talk. At first I was thinking “why would anyone want to listen to a junior…

I got an amazing opportunity to speak to the students at Kitsong High School in Phokeng. What I love about this school is that IT is compulsory, yes that’s right, all the kids in this picture code. It’s beautiful. When I started coding in High School, a lot of students…