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vibes and vocabulary

recently, jensen huang referred to openclaw as “the iphone of tokens”. let’s sit with that phrase for a moment and ask what it actually means. 🦗 what is the relationship between a consumer electronics device, an open-source agent framework, and a unit of text segmentation? zilch. it is simply a

26 Mar 2026 1 min read

stop calling this employment

okay guys, it’s time to board an ibom air flight heading to lagos from akwa ibom. these are the various individuals i’m doomed to interact with. * person who checks that the name on my boarding pass matches my passport or identification document * person who tears away the larger

10 Nov 2025 2 min read

don’t build for the gap

it’s 2025 and building for the world has never been easier. when existing global solutions create a gap by excluding africa, resist the urge to build “for africa”. make it global from day one. incumbents ignore the continent for reasons including but not limited to low gdp per capita,

29 Oct 2025 1 min read

a soliloquy on empty barrels

hollow and resonant, an empty barrel amplifies the slightest disturbance into thunderous din, while the full one, dense with substance, absorbs sound. the gunsmiths of yore could identify mis-loaded weapons by ear, and noisy kegs betrayed their vacuity to brewers. today, we’ve built the ultimate resonance chamber in our

08 Sep 2025 1 min read

you don’t know me

yesterday around half past 10pm, i took a break from a rebuild of atlas (more on this in a future post) to have a late dinner and received a dm from a friend who was sharing a humorous tweet that referenced me and my articulation. apparently, the tweet had gathered

29 Jun 2025 3 min read

intentional obliviousness

okay so a bit of a preamble that may or may not have anything to do with the rest of the piece. some days ago, i read a tweet from dhh (which i sadly cannot find now) about how he takes out ~20 minutes to write something on his mind,

06 May 2025 2 min read

Elon Musk as an ongoing case study in audience capture

After following Elon Musk almost religiously over the last 13 years, observing his gradual but stark personality shift from my initial perception of him has been fascinating. Since 2020, I started developing a theory to help contextualize my observations and now feel compelled to write about what I think is

05 Apr 2025 12 min read

relaxed moderation begets unchecked extremism

zuck did what? the growing trend of reduced moderation on mainstream social media services will end up being a net negative to society. “free speech” advocates were never silenced in the literal sense. they had their “safe spaces” and weird subreddits to themselves. today, impressionable young people are getting exposed

08 Jan 2025 1 min read

condescension(?)

what i’m about to write reminds me of this piece i wrote in 2016. it’s year end, and amidst the flurry of activities and moments of reflection, some bibliophiles took to their socials to share how much they’ve read over the course of the year. unsurprisingly, the

31 Dec 2024 2 min read

The origin and evolution of my Sunday brunches

Every Sunday, you’ll likely find my friend Tolu at brunch somewhere. She might be at Eric Kayser alone, catching up with a former colleague at Pitstop, or hosting close-knit friends at her apartment in Victoria Island. It was no surprise that when she came to spend the weekend at

02 Sep 2023 5 min read

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