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Story Jul 6, 2025
6 mins
I can't seem to finish a book

Weekly journal – I would typically have this written down, but this Sunday, I lay on my bed and thought of how cool it would be to have this as a video instead. So guess what? I became a youtuber, just for you.

Story Jun 29, 2025
3 mins
Another episode on Adulthood

Weekly journal – Being an adult is understanding that many people would have a good reason not to show up for you when you need them the most and you can’t fault them for it.

Story Jun 22, 2025
3 mins
Women can be too generous, and cars are expensive

Weekly journal – I’ve realized that women tend to give until there’s nothing left. And that doesn’t necessarily make them more generous, it just means that when they choose to be generous to someone, they often go all in.

Story Jun 15, 2025
3 mins
I don't think I'm a smart person

Weekly journal – And I know this is such a treacherous thing for me to say especially in a profession like mine that is commonly regarded as smart, analytical and maybe the opposite of everything I might have shared in this journal, but I don't think it's a crime that I love to write code. Matter of fact, it feels more like art to me than a scientific experiment.

Story Jun 8, 2025
4 mins
I saw a man almost lose his life

Weekly journal – It’s strange—how easy it is to say you’re being true to yourself, yet still find yourself serving others in ways that are more about appeasement than sincerity. Especially in a place of worship, the only one we owe that kind of reverence to is God. Not man.

Story Jun 1, 2025
3 mins
Healthy Living, and Bible Adaptations

Weekly journal – The sweet spot for me was how they were able to uniquely blend peak creativity and urge the audience to pick up a Bible to read how the story they are watching might have ensued. And even if you know how the story will end, you still just want to see how they visualized it. It's been a great watch so far.

Story May 19, 2025
5 mins
My phone was stolen, even as a street boy

Weekly journal – Contrary to popular opinion, 'I be street boy'. That is if the metric for attaining street boy status is being an ardent user of the rough public transport system that robs Lagos of its peace.

Story May 11, 2025
3 mins
Dim lights, suffocating atmosphere, neon lights and loud music

Weekly journal – That's what living is—existing, knowing that all your interests might never attain the mastery you truly desire, but you persevere nonetheless—because when you look at the bigger picture, these are not the things that connote happiness.

Story May 4, 2025
3 mins
Your guide to getting through Adulthood

Weekly journal – A week of reflection—from hosting at Lagos Business School to car trouble, adulthood stress, and finding joy from the chaos in small routines.

Story Apr 27, 2025
3 mins
The Holy Spirit & Agege Bread

Weekly journal – I'm typing this by 3 am, with mosquitoes butchering my feet, not by choice, but because the power is out, and I have to make good use of this time. Oh, my lovely Nigeria.

Story Apr 20, 2025
3 mins
My only problem with Easter

Weekly journal – If you don’t fully understand the meaning, just send your greetings and move on. No need to upsell your business during a moment that calls for reverence

Story Apr 13, 2025
4 mins
Kaestrings live in concert, true satisfaction

Weekly journal – God is the only being in existence whose essence can never be fully unraveled, and that alone makes Him worth pursuing. In my view, if your whole life is a journey of discovering more about Him, that’s an adventure worth living.

Story April 6, 2025
4 mins
I had a conversation with my Muslim colleague

Weekly journal – As a Christian, I had a really interesting conversation about my faith with a Muslim. He asked questions about the eternal Godhead, and even though I’m no theologian, I could answer many of them. The conversation slowly unraveled into something deeper that revealed the origin of his thoughts—and honestly, that felt good.

Story Mar 30, 2025
3 mins
An acronym only you can understand

Weekly journal - Walking 30,000+ steps in a day made me feel like a marathoner, surely 50,000+ steps in 2 days cemented that thought.

Story Mar 23, 2025
3 mins
What if 'all these things' meant something different?

Weekly journal - Maybe Matthew 6:33 doesn’t mean what you’ve always thought it did. How would that change your service and devotion?

Story Mar 16, 2025
3 mins
Church people and their funny questions

Weekly journal - Somehow, we all in church just accepted that minding our business isn’t our strongest trait. But hey, that’s the beauty of fellowship! If this is how we banter, sign me up.

Story Mar 9, 2025
2 mins
Two YCombinator companies want me

Weekly journal - A CEO from a YC-backed company reached out to headhunt me on LinkedIn. And honestly? That felt really good. For the first time in a long while, I feel like I’m in control of my career trajectory, and the uncertainties that weighed on me after months of job hunting feel much lighter.

Story Mar 2, 2025
2 mins
Feels like secondary school all over again

Weekly journal - men (like me) and football. The calmest guys suddenly become aggressive, some even ready to throw fists. And I’m supposed to believe this is all passion for the game? Lol.

Story Feb 24, 2025
2 mins
Pictures, emotions & thirst traps

Weekly journal - Something remarkable about pictures is how they evoke emotions—joy, grief, peace, or even anger. You take one look, and suddenly, the emotions rush in, completely outside your control.

Story Feb 16, 2025
1 min
Love and Badminton

Weekly journal - We just wrapped up the week of love, but the season isn’t lost on us. Happy Valentine’s to all who celebrate.

Story Feb 9, 2025
2 mins
Work as a 20-something year old

Weekly journal - Work is a growing pain, I’m coming to terms with the fact that life will be like this for a while. Everyone is struggling to endure the hustle and bustle of Lagos

Story Feb 2, 2025
3 mins
I love being an entrepreneur than an employee

Weekly journal - I haven’t worked this hard for a company since 2020—this weekend was a grind with a tight deadline, but guess what? I smiled through it.

Story Jan 26, 2025
3 mins
How much do you need to stop working?

Weekly journal - We never really live; we only hope to live. We are always preparing to be happy, but we are never truly happy.

Story Jan 22, 2025
3 mins
How to test product market fit for open source projects

Unlike traditional products where revenue can be a clear indicator, open-source projects are usually free to access, making product-market fit harder to measure.

Story Jan 19, 2025
2 mins
No social media, no distractions

Weekly journal - I’ve realized that keeping this public journal helps me stay mindful of the steps I’ve taken—because without it, it’s easy to forget.

Story Jan 11, 2025
2 mins
For the friends who matter

Weekly journal - The melodies of 'Let her go' by passenger ring in my ear as I write, whether it's the iconic(akon-ic) voice of Michael David Rosenberg that's really intriguing or the story that the lyrics tell that resonate deeply with me.

Story Jan 4, 2025
3 mins
Crossing over to 2025 — Lone travels, new milestones, and pretty privilege

Weekly journal - This week was a whirlwind with two flights. I returned from the last one about three hours ago, and I’m completely exhausted—but here I am, cos I really have to do this.

Story December 28, 2024
12 mins
2024: Year In Review

I’ve heard so many people say the year feels short, and I was tempted to agree. This year wasn’t short—it was a lot.

Story October 10, 2024
3 mins
Sunsetting Youversion Search

There’s this thing they say about leaving the stage when the applause is the loudest—I wish that was the case with Youversion Search, but nope. In simple terms, Youversion Search is being shelved because of some drastic changes at Youversion.

Story October 2, 2024
3 mins
I lost all of my shame to build a business

I'm an entrepreneur because I love to build solutions to problems I and the people around me encounter, but I have yet to uncover how I can earn from these solutions fully. In fact, I call myself a chronic builder, but I'm realizing now that even more than I am a builder, I need to be a chronic marketer.

Story July 10, 2024
5 mins
I went to a Business School — LBS Young Talents Programme

In a sequential order of impact and contact, here has been experience in the Lagos Business School, Young Talents Programme 2024.

Story April 16, 2024
7 mins
I left my 9-5 job—it was either bold or foolish, not sure.

Writing this in March of 2024 (and publishing it in April) is already too late, but what's shocking is even months after this ordeal, it still feels evergreen.

Book Review February 26, 2024
2 mins
The Great Divorce

The Great Divorce moulds a fictional setting of a bus ride from Hell to Heaven and the individual choices of the passengers while on the ride and upon arrival.

Story February 23, 2024
2 mins
Tinkering with the MediaStream API on the web

Ever had to make a video call right on your browser with Google Meet, Zoom, or any other video chat app? Well, here’s what you might have never thought to ask—how does it work?

Book Review February 7, 2024
2 mins
Atomic Habits

I take very drastic measures to break habits; sometimes, I am successful, but most times, I am not. So, when I stumbled upon a book about habits with an intriguing title and glowing reviews, it piqued my interest.

Story January 23, 2024
3 mins
Why do we even still pray for money?

One of the questions I have recently asked myself is why a specific class of people still pray for money in the church. Does it mean we are greedy? Or, worse yet, ignorant? Or maybe it’s expected of us so we are empowered to finance the church’s growth?

Story December 28, 2023
10 mins
2023: Year In Review

There's plenty to tell and not enough time (It's Christmas morning in my Nigerian home). So here's 2023 in no particular order, just like we did in 2022.

Book Review December 14, 2023
3 mins
God and Money

Prior to reading this book, I had always known how deep the subject of money was to God, but I didn't realize how much Jesus spoke of it. 40% of the parables in the Bible talk about money—think about that for a second.

Story December 14, 2023
5 mins
My Experience Building the Acumen Website

Joining Acumen Digital in 2020, before we had a dedicated front-end team, I witnessed firsthand the evolution of our online identity through approximately four iterations, here's my contribution to that legacy

Story October 10, 2023
6 mins
Supercharged Animations on Vue.js with the Transition API

In this article, we'll dive into a straightforward movie app with built-in filtering features. By the end, you should have a solid understanding of the <Transition> and <TransitionGroup> components in Vue.js and how they seamlessly handle enter and exit animations within Vue.js.

Story September 27, 2023
4 mins
Who builds a blog in 2022? Me

I have no intention of making this story sound profound, leaving me with quite the herculean task—considering the profound journey it took to get to this point..

Story August 31, 2023
6 mins
Sacred Faith Meets Secular Ambitions: An Interesting Convergence

In this journey called life, we often find ourselves at the crossroads where our professional aspirations intersect with the deeply rooted values of our faith.

Book Review Aug 16, 2023
1 min
Software Engineering: The Soft Parts

Think of a resource that empowers you to become a great employee, an efficient leader and a high-performing engineer—that is precisely what this book seeks to achieve.

Story August 16, 2023
5 mins
The 10x Engineer: A Guide to Building Efficient Software and Achieving Career Success

Think of a resource that empowers you to become a great employee, an efficient leader and a high-performing engineer — that is precisely what this article seeks to achieve.

Story May 26, 2023
3 mins
How long does the Perfect Delight last?

How easy is it to be disconnected from the Father? How deeply do I have to be soaked in his word to cope? How much of the flesh has eaten deep before I found my salvation and saw the light? How much does the blood of Jesus help make things easy?

Story May 22, 2023
5 mins
Container Queries – Responsive Design Beyond the Viewport

Web development has evolved with the advent of JavaScript frameworks—particularly with the use of components as building blocks in developing User Interfaces. In the component-driven world we are living in, we can see the benefits of container queries in Responsive Web Design. In this article, we will explore responsive design beyond the viewport with Container Queries and analyze an example of a fully responsive site using just container queries.

Book Review May 13, 2023
3 mins
The Lean Startup

Eric Ries employs a scientific approach to analysing entrepreneurship, highlighting numerous successful examples. As a consultant himself, he had a ton of those examples and demonstrated the efficacy of adhering to certain instructions while building a product time and again.

Story March 14, 2023
5 mins
I wanted to be an entrepreneur, but was I ready?

Building Revaise with the intention of selling it as a product meant we had to answer some really hard questions about the business. I wasn’t naive; I knew this moment would come—but was I really prepared?

Story December 26, 2022
7 mins
2022: Year In Review

2022 was a lot for me, completed and started a lot of remarkable things. In this article, I share a couple of things I learnt while going through my challenges, there might be lessons for you too.

Story October 26, 2022
8 mins
How Web Pages Get Rendered on the Browser

Today, all over the world, computers and networks are getting faster. This is good for web development and user experience in general. And the possibilities of what people can achieve have taken a massive leap forward.But although growth is evident in many places, others are left behind in this sprint. The big question is how do we level the web experience given this digital divide and make the web more accessible to people with less efficient computers and networks?

Story September 26, 2022
4 mins
CSS and Motion—You Too Can Build Animations on The Web

CSS and Motion is a short and effective guide sharing just enough fundamentals to help you start developing those buttery smooth animations on your web pages.

Book Review September 26, 2022
2 mins
There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra

One chapter in, and I ask myself why it is my first time reading Chinua Achebe—the genius articulation of vocabulary, detail in storytelling and subtle humour left me in awe. I was simply excited to continue reading

Story September 17, 2022
3 mins
Perfect Submission that ushered Perfect Delight

It can be awfully annoying to have numerous questions with little or no answers, especially when it seems like the answers to all of these questions are the roadblock to a path you are coerced to follow.

Story September 12, 2022
4 mins
Your Guide to Hacking CSS Units and Dimensions—One Size Could Fit All

Having worked with CSS for a really long time, I have formed various rules of thumb while working with CSS units and recycled them along the way to streamline my styling process.

Book Review July 6, 2022
2 mins
Mere Christianity

I am a very logical person until I have to be a Christian, but Clive Staples Lewis helps me understand that I can be both in his book. There is a scientific way to think about Christianity, and even though it's not finite, that's fine. I'd instead find comfort in my ignorance than make inexplicable speculations.

Book Review November 5, 2020
2 mins
When Grace Showed Up

I've always known to be nice to people, but the miracles and experiences shared in this book because of the kindness of two people was resounding. The lessons I learnt from this book have not left me until now, and I hope they stay rooted.

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