Mar 5, 202031 Days of March Media MadnessHi, I’m Prosper Otemuyiwa popularly known as @unicodeveloper. I’m a web optimization addict and a sucker for wholesome hacking tricks. Late last year, I created an album that won the hearts and minds of readers, technical gurus, media aficionados, software developers, and instagram-filter artists across the world. It had 25…Media2 min read
Feb 3, 2020What Are You Asking For?The most wonderful thing about asking people for impossible things is that sometimes they say YES! — Eli Trier Several years ago, Steve Job of blessed memory was at the helm of affairs at Apple and he always asked for things, and what seemed “impossible” from his team of engineers. …Devrel7 min read
Jan 14, 2020Who is Speaking On Your Behalf?Prowling around Twitter like a roaring lion looking for an article to devour, a technical blog post to consume, a funny video to laugh at, a business post to bookmark, a software engineer to follow, I came across a video where the Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley, Carla Harris was…Engineering6 min read
Jan 12, 2020A Tribute to Michael OzoemenaIt was in the morning. Lazily preparing for a trip out of the country that evening. I got a call from my team mate. Picked up the phone and said “Dennis, how far?” and he replied with something along the lines of “Prosper, Michael has passed on”. Immediately, I froze! …4 min read
Published in forLoop·Mar 9, 2019Microsoft Engage Nigeria Developer Community to Build Cloud Technical SkillsMicrosoft participated in this year’s Forloop Summit, showcasing advanced features to aid developers in cloud deployment and management. Statistics from the Cloud Africa 2018 report state that the use of cloud by medium to large organizations in Africa has more than doubled between 2013 and 2018. Due to the benefits…Cloud Computing2 min read
Published in forLoop·Mar 8, 2019Meet with Microsoft Azure Experts At 2019 Forloop SummitWe are glad to announce that Microsoft will join us at this year’s Forloop Summit. Microsoft Azure Experts will be on hand to share information on the cloud society and how Azure increases developers’ productivity with the platform’s support of over one hundred services — including 1st and 3rd party developer languages and tools. There will also be an Azure DevOps and Microsoft Intelligent Kiosk demo at the event — a collection of demos that leverage Microsoft Cognitive Services and other Artificial Intelligence tools running on Azure.Cloud Computing1 min read
Published in forLoop·Jan 2, 20192018: State of the forloopAfrica ReportThe goal of forloop especially at its creation by the legendary Ridwan Olalere (Didi Kwang) in 2016 is simple: Build an inclusive, engaging and vibrant community of developers across Africa. “We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.” — Herman Melville forloop Africa…Community5 min read
Jan 1, 20192018 In Review: Shattering ExpectationsOne of my major goals for 2018 this time last year was to become an excellent Developer Advocate. And did I become better at Developer Advocacy?Java Script11 min read
Published in Apollo GraphQL·Sep 5, 2018Layering GraphQL on top of RESTHow to use Apollo with an existing PHP API — GraphQL is quickly replacing REST as the standard for which data is queried, fetched and transformed between the frontend and backend. And developers are looking to explore and reap its benefits in their brown-field projects. The benefits of GraphQL are numerous, some of which are: Querying many resources and retrieving…Graph QL6 min read
Published in Apollo GraphQL·Aug 15, 2018New! GraphQL Glossary & FAQ guideResources to help you get started quickly with Apollo — We work in an industry where we commonly use buzzwords and jargon to describe the simplest of things. When you’re learning a new technology, it can often be challenging because you have to understand the vocabulary before writing any code. Whether you’re experimenting with GraphQL or running Apollo in production…Graph QL3 min read
