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Notes from the engineers building Africa's software.

Honest, useful writing on artificial intelligence at work, Kenya's tech industry and the craft of building systems organisations actually rely on.

The Robot Is Coming for Your Job — Here's How to Make Friends With It First

AI is not coming for your job. A person who knows how to use AI faster and smarter than you — that's who's coming for your job.

They still live in Kilimani, Westlands and Ruaka — but they've mentally checked out of the local job market entirely.

Two employees, identical titles and experience. One asks AI to write emails. The other quietly doubled their output. Guess who gets promoted.

Talk to the founders, engineers and investors actually building here and the story gets more complicated — and more interesting.

Former teachers writing frontend code, ex-accountants doing data analysis. None started with a CS degree. All of them are employed.

The most dangerous sentence in Kenyan business right now: "We're too small to be a target."

Traffic isn't your problem. The 30 seconds after someone decides to buy — that's your problem.

The boost button is designed to be easy, not effective. Those are not the same thing.

"Pay to Till number X, then send us the confirmation message" is not a payment system. It's a leak in your revenue.

AI on top of paper records and WhatsApp chaos is a sports car on a dirt road. Digitise first. Then let AI do the rest.