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SWE | ex @storj | Creator of glab (adopted as the official @gitlab CLI/TUI) | @gitlab Hero 🦊 | Views posted are mine or borrowed. 🇬🇭

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Joined February 2015
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It’s official! GLab is now “the” @gitlab CLI tool. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this project and made the transition possible! about.gitlab.com/blog/2022/1…
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I miss those days when we used to appreciate these
Proof that C and C++ are different languages:
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… and please, javascript on the backend will forever be a bad idea
Languages are beginning to matter less and less with agentic orchestration but that doesn't mean you should use python for mission critical systems
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“Crack dev” and then shows us a js code snippet lol
If you can understand this piece of code, my friend, I can say you're crack dev 🙌🏻
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Counter-take: “full-stack” is often just frontend + NodeJS + BaaS + vibes. No one is louder than people with this stack.
Honestly, most “full-stack devs” are just backend devs who learned enough CSS to survive.
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Why would you start like that??!! I almost tried it on prod database!
postgres is the best database
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So now we’re putting Node and Go in the same technical conversation?
Whenever I compare Go to Node, I can see the differences in approach. Go tells you to prefer its standard library, use external dependencies only when needed. Node on the other hand relies heavily on external packages, even for many basic tasks
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Seeing something you built operate reliably in the wild and make life easier for users is deeply satisfying.
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What’s a job?
Without naming your job, tell me something you say 15 times per day at work
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You can’t regulate innovation into existence. You clear the road and let people build. Kenya did it. Nigeria did it. Until Ghana stops treating the internet like a government department, we’ll keep losing our best innovators to countries that understand freedom fuels progress.
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The irony is Ghana has the talent. We have the engineers, the designers, the ideas. What we lack is trust. Every time the government touches tech, it starts with “compliance” and “monitoring” instead of “enablement” and “support.”
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This bill worries me. Section 21 forces every business onto .gh in 6 months; Section 18 centralises the whole .gh zone; Section 20 builds a DNS SOC with access to traffic and logs; Section 26 lets the state block sites. Centralisation plus log hoarding is a single point of
Replying to @Ghanadomain
🗓 Consultation Period: 13th October – 14th November 2025 📄 Access the Bill and submission form on our website: gdnr.org.gh/bill-review/ 📧 Send your comments to: [email protected] Your feedback will help shape Ghana’s digital future! 🇬🇭
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failure. If hackers breach the registry or SOC they can hijack domains, mint fake certificates, redirect email, harvest data for phishing, deploy ransomware or take services offline. This reads like security theatre that invites both criminal and political abuse.
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Replying to @__darth_
@__darth_ something you may find interesting 🫣
No be me talk am, na so e Dey for Bible.
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I got tired of dating younger girls Everyday ice-cream, shawarma, selfies, one club to another & then @ night, plenty knacks I like knacks but guy, I'm a grown man and I have to go to work in the morning I decided to try women my age, so my life will have focus & direction
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Why is no one talking about the increased marginal Income Tax Rate for individuals? 🤨 35% is insane!
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Is there a Budget and Expense Tracker app that actually supports most banks in Ghana?
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Replying to @cornberry_
One that comes close is Wallet by @budgetbakers but only supports a few banks in Ghana.
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A proper home office setup is a great confidence booster. Invest in it!
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Tech Twitter US: How to get a >$100k remote job… [thread] Tech Twitter GH: You need 50+ years experience to get a >$100k remote job. Such pathetic gatekeeping tech GH “influencers” – at Accra, Ghana
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MERN/MEAN/MEVN stack devs always think they’ve made it in life. – at Western, Ghana
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