Fix what you can, accept what you can't and don't waste energy on the rest.
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Aliyu retweeted
I totally disagree with this. If you just want to build some automation tools, some simple stuff, closed software for 10 users - yes, you can ignore that you don't know those languages and just do all with agents without reading the code.
But if we are talking about serious software, when the money is on the table, when people's lives are on the table (for example, for medicine software), this is where you absolutely need to have a deep understanding of your main programming stack. You are responsible for the results, not your AI agents for making bugs and mistakes.
Believe me, business doesn't care if your agent is responsible for the outage in the middle of the night, losing hundreds of dollars per the website being offline.
You, as a software engineer, are responsible for the result. You're not paid to write the code, and you're not paid for using AI agents.
You are paid to solve business problems, and writing code manually, or using AI agents is just your tools, so use them responsibly.
That's why I recommend everyone to have deep programming knowledge in your main programing stack, in system design, architecture and so you can clearly understand when your AI agents do something wrong, and it will be more than enough to maintain production.
I used to be a language lawyer. In the late 80s I _studied_ the ARM (Annotated Reference Manual for C++). I knew the language cold, inside and out. I could make it do backflips. I shipped a lot of code using it. A LOT.
I’ve attacked other languages with a similar intensity and depth. Until recently, that was simply the only way to become adept at building software systems.
I now consider the deep understanding of a language to be a supreme waste of time and effort. I don’t want to learn Rust, or Golang, or Typescript, or any of the thousands of other languages out there. I’ll leave that to my agents.
What I need now is to understand the high level gestalt of the system. I want to see the systems and subsystems. I don’t need to inspect the cogs. If I truly need to understand a detail at the cog level, I’ll interrogate my agents. I’m not going to pretend to be a language expert anymore.
Aliyu retweeted
I will tell you again and again: ALLAH MOVES MOUNTAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just prayyyyyyy and have Tawakkul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aliyu retweeted
When life is easy say Alhamdulilah.
When life is difficult say Alhamdulilah.
Thank Allah in every situation.
Aliyu retweeted
This is to remind you all to take life easy and appreciate every moment like it is your last.
Visited a friend yesterday at a hospital, a fine officer, an army Captain, the most cautious i could say, had a small accident where their gun truck rolled over after avoiding to hit a rider, all onboard survived, not a single scratch on his body but he had to lose his right hand as a result.
This is an accident he came out of by himself, every other part of his body is alright, except the pain he experienced in his right hand, got to the hospital, and it had to be amputated 🥲
This is also to appreciate every security personnel out there, military, police, DSS, NIA, NCS, NIS, others, in uniform or not, working tirelessly away from home to keep us safe and close to our loved ones.
May we all live to see a Nigeria where incompetent politicians are no way close to seats of power and all criminals, eliminated, not a single one pardoned, amen.
Insteresting times
I used to be a language lawyer. In the late 80s I _studied_ the ARM (Annotated Reference Manual for C++). I knew the language cold, inside and out. I could make it do backflips. I shipped a lot of code using it. A LOT.
I’ve attacked other languages with a similar intensity and depth. Until recently, that was simply the only way to become adept at building software systems.
I now consider the deep understanding of a language to be a supreme waste of time and effort. I don’t want to learn Rust, or Golang, or Typescript, or any of the thousands of other languages out there. I’ll leave that to my agents.
What I need now is to understand the high level gestalt of the system. I want to see the systems and subsystems. I don’t need to inspect the cogs. If I truly need to understand a detail at the cog level, I’ll interrogate my agents. I’m not going to pretend to be a language expert anymore.
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Aliyu retweeted
DjangoCon Europe 2027 is heading to Innsbruck, Austria 🇦🇹🏔️
Join us to learn, share ideas, and contribute on all things Django, Python, and open source.
🗓️ Feb 17–21, 2027
Hope to see you there!
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Aliyu retweeted
I don’t ask for help unless I am forced to do so.
I hate to ask for help.
People often told me that not asking for help is one of my problems.
But whenever I ask for help, I regret more often than not.
Aliyu retweeted
Two interesting things I discovered this week are:
1. That you can get genuine court affidavits online from the Nigerian Federal High Court. A genuine one, not the ones those roadside people give you.
The website has all sorts of affidavits, even ones I didn't know existed.
2. The National Population Commission has a working portal. You can register your newborn online and get a certified birth certificate that is accepted worldwide.
You can do all these things without any bureaucracy.
For 1, visit: portal.fhc.gov.ng/
For 2, visit: vitalreg-selfservice.nationa…
Joseph Adedeji
Aliyu retweeted
May we get to a point in life where we are not constantly waiting for something to go right before allowing ourselves to be happy.
Aliyu retweeted
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Pls repost to reach more people.
Aliyu retweeted
An average MRI machine cost $250,000 (375,000,000).
Dayo Israel shared 7 brand new 2026 Prado SUVs at the cost of 165 million per unit which cost 1.1 billion ($825,000).
Dayo Israel is the Chairman, federal medical center in Abeokuta, which is a specialist hospital with ZERO MRI machine. None at all.
The 7 SUVs can purchase 3 MRI machines. Please vote out these wasteful losers in 2027!!
