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Building a Desktop POS with Tauri That Survives Kenya: From One Till to Many Branches
A ground-up architecture for a Rust and Tauri point of sale system built for Kenyan SMEs: offline-first by default, RBAC that still works when the server is unreachable, and a module system you can add to or strip down per shop.
Building a Heavy, Extensible Desktop App with Tauri and React
Four ways to let a Rust desktop app grow new capabilities after it ships, worked through against the same use case, with the tradeoffs each one actually costs you.
Chaos Algorithms in the Wild: Three True Stories Behind the Math
Part 2 of the chaos algorithms series; the real people and real moments where 'controlled chaos' quietly changed science, space travel, and computing.
The Mom Test: Why Everyone Is Lying to You About Your Idea
A review of Rob Fitzpatrick's The Mom Test; the small, blunt book that quietly rewires how you talk to customers.
How to Do Great Work
By Paul Graham
What Git Is Actually Doing
You probably haven't bothered to understand git. You should. Probably.
Event-Driven Systems
Your services don't need to talk to each other. They just need to pay attention.
Component-Based Thinking
How to slice a system into parts that actually make sense — and why most people get it wrong the first time.
Foundations of Software Architecture
From: `Fundamentals of Software Architecture` by Mark Richards & Neal Ford
Andrej Karpathy's 200-line GPT implementation
Turns out intelligence at its core is simpler than you'd expect.
The Art of High-Quality Compression
AV1 cuts video file sizes by ~50% with no visible quality loss.
Chaos Algorithms Made Simple: Finding Order in Apparent Randomness
A Beginner’s Guide to Chaos Algorithms: Does the End Justify the Means?
Mastering Dynamic Programming: A Comprehensive Guide
Learn how to solve dynamic programming problems effectively, utilizing various techniques and strategies to optimize your solutions.
OptiBiz AI Intelligent Business Optimization Assistant
The first-place winner in the Business category at JKUAT 2025 Hackathon an AI-driven tool for startup product design and business decision optimization.
Rebuilding the Internet: The Promise and Potential of Web3
Learn how Web3 could give you more control over your data, privacy, and online experiences, making the internet fairer and more open.
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