Apr 10, 2022My Third TattooI got my 3rd tattoo today, the 3rd of March 2022. It is the most important one I have gotten so far. Have you ever done something you said you never would? …Fiction3 min readFiction3 min read
Published intiltblog·Oct 14, 2018A simple guide to learning React from scratchAs a developer, the odds are you have probably heard about React, the modern JavaScript UI library that lots of companies are using to power their applications. Some developers believe React is complicated, mostly because of the terms and technologies you usually hear associated with it — JSX, Webpack, Redux…React6 min readReact6 min read
Published intiltblog·Jun 25, 2018Fixing Rotated Mobile Image Uploads In PHPI recently experienced an issue on a web application I was working on where users who took photos directly from their mobile devices had it rotated 90° once it was uploaded and put in an <img> tag. It turns out the reason for this is the EXIF (exchangeable image file…PHP2 min readPHP2 min read
Published intiltblog·Jun 5, 2018Managing Scheduled Functions in Your Python AppCreating and managing Cron Jobs used to be one of the most dreaded tasks for me when I started coding. Mostly ‘cause I started out building simple apps in PHP on shared hosts. …Cron2 min readCron2 min read
Published intiltblog·Jun 5, 2018Recording the things you learn every dayI recently made the decision to start tracking what I learned everyday, mostly inspired by a tweet I saw about a week ago (week ago). I didn’t start right away cause I was scared I wouldn’t be able to sustain it, or have things to report that I learned…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Published inSelar·Apr 9, 2018Helping Ghana and Kenya Sell More Efficiently.This also makes our supported currencies: NGN, GHS, KES, USD & GBP — TL;DR: Selar is now available for Ghanaian and Kenyan merchants. For a little over a year, we at Selar have been working on making selling in Nigeria as seamless as possible. We have helped thousands of merchants get their products online and reach a larger audience. We have worked closely…Africa2 min readAfrica2 min read
Feb 10, 2018Go Vote, Please?Some weeks ago, I decided I wanted to get my PVC (Permanent Voter’s Card) to vote in the 2019 Nigerian General Elections. I believe taking a step is better than doing nothing. No revolution ever started with people folding their hands and resigning to their fates, right? I almost gave…Nigeria3 min readNigeria3 min read
Published inmanifoldco·Jan 9, 2018Build Super Fast Apps in Node.js using Redis CacheWhen trying to optimise our applications, one of the first things we look to is caching. Caching involves storing data in a high performance store (many times temporarily) so such data can be retrieved faster at a later time. Redis is an efficient key-value data store that has become very…Nodejs9 min readNodejs9 min read
Jul 9, 2017By all means, live.Today was tough. I was in church when the news came in on the group chat. I thought it was a joke. I mean, he was laughing with us just some days ago (or was it weeks?), he can’t be gone. It wasn’t till I got home hours later that…Life2 min readLife2 min read
Published inSelar·Apr 20, 2017Mount Zion Movies are now available online!Hey guys, remember growing up in a Nigerian home and watching Mount Zion movies? The likes of ‘Perilous Times’, ‘Blood on the Altar’ and “House Of David”. Movies with suspense, drama and sometimes a little bit of action. …Selar2 min readSelar2 min read
