Notes from the build.
Engineering deep dives, architecture decisions and what we learned shipping operations-heavy software.
Tech Trends2 Nov 2026 · 3 min read
Green Software: Does Efficient Code Matter for the Climate?
Does efficient code help the climate? Sometimes a great deal, often a little. A proportionate look at where software energy goes and what is worth fixing first.
Why Mobile Money Still Beats Cards Across Much of Africa
Cards were built for a world of bank branches and terminals. Why mobile money and agents won across much of Africa, where cards still lead, and what builders can learn.
Africa's Undersea Cable Moment
More subsea capacity is arriving in Africa, but a cable landing is only the start. What it changes, what it does not, and what builders should plan for.
Energy Is the Hidden Constraint on Tech in Emerging Markets
Unreliable power shapes budgets, product design and hosting choices long before it shows up in a pitch. How builders can design for interruption and treat energy as a real cost.
The Super App Question in African Markets
Investors keep asking when you will become a super app. The Asian model rests on conditions that do not always hold in African markets, and other routes can reach the same value.
Quantum Computing for People Who Ship Software
What a quantum computer can and cannot do, what to ignore in the headlines, and the one area, cryptography, where ordinary engineers should act sooner.
Passkeys and the Slow End of Passwords
Passkeys remove the secret that attackers steal, which is why they may finally replace passwords. The slow part is recovery, device spread and the legacy systems still asking for eight characters.
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