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I am a Computer Engineer and Machine Learning Enthusiast with a passion for Internet of Things (IoT) and AI applications. I specialize in building data-driven solutions and deploying alternative low-cost Machine Learning technologies. Currently, I am expanding my expertise in Deep Learning and building on AWS. Feel free to reach out via the contact form.
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AI Companies Want to Keep Free AI Models Legal But The Company Behind Claude Wants a Safety Net First.
On July 24, 2026, Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, and more than 20 other companies and organizations published an open letter, “Open Weights and American AI Leadership,” urging Washington not to restrict...
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Africa Has the ML Talent But Missing the GPUs.
One challenge I have noticed throughout my academic journey and as a TA is that access to computing resources, especially GPUs, has become a major bottleneck for many students especially...
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Know Instantly When Your Site Goes Down: Automating Website Monitoring With UptimeRobot
How do website admins know when their website is down? Do they just wait until a frustrated user tells them, or do they constantly navigate their own site to find...
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How To Fix vscode merge editor not showing in 1 minute
Have you recently run into an issue where the three-way Merge Editor in VS Code just won’t show up, and instead, you’re stuck with the old inline UI? You are...
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Open Meteo archive free historical weather data
Have you ever wondered what the weather was exactly like on the day you were born? Or maybe you’re building an app that needs to know how much it rained...
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How to Find Places Where You've Logged In with Google
Using your Google account to log into external apps and websites is incredibly convenient. It saves you from creating new passwords and speeds up the signup process. However, over time,...
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AI Companies Want to Keep Free AI Models Legal But The Company Behind Claude Wants a Safety Net First.
On July 24, 2026, Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, and more than 20 other companies and organizations published an open letter, “Open Weights and American AI Leadership,” urging Washington not to restrict...
Africa Has the ML Talent But Missing the GPUs.
One challenge I have noticed throughout my academic journey and as a TA is that access to computing resources, especially GPUs, has become a major bottleneck for many students especially...
Know Instantly When Your Site Goes Down: Automating Website Monitoring With UptimeRobot
How do website admins know when their website is down? Do they just wait until a frustrated user tells them, or do they constantly navigate their own site to find...
How To Fix vscode merge editor not showing in 1 minute
Have you recently run into an issue where the three-way Merge Editor in VS Code just won’t show up, and instead, you’re stuck with the old inline UI? You are...
Open Meteo archive free historical weather data
Have you ever wondered what the weather was exactly like on the day you were born? Or maybe you’re building an app that needs to know how much it rained...
How to Find Places Where You've Logged In with Google
Using your Google account to log into external apps and websites is incredibly convenient. It saves you from creating new passwords and speeds up the signup process. However, over time,...
Featured Posts
ThreeJs and Reinforcement Learning in 3D
I built a simple 3D game in November 2024 mostly for fun. The objective was to minimize the time taken for a player to destroy all the pillars. Then I...
Where to Find Data: A Curated List of Free Datasets and Repositories
In data science and machine learning, data is the new oil—it’s the fuel that powers our models and insights. But finding the right data can be a challenge. Whether you’re...
Understanding the Trend in Published Papers
In scientific research, the journey from a novel idea to a widely accepted standard is an iterative process. Diagrams often outline this lifecycle, from initial papers to standardization and public...
Carnegie Mellon University Africa's Breakthrough in Detecting Birth Asphyxia-HumekaFL
Carnegie Mellon University Africa (CMU-Africa) has been at the forefront of health technology innovations, particularly with their recent development aimed at addressing neonatal health issues in developing countries. Their latest...
How Google forecasts Weather and Air Quality Data
Google’s weather forecasts are created using an internal forecasting system that combines weather models and observations from various global weather agencies. The primary data sources for Google’s weather forecasting include:...
How AI Could Empower Any Business - Andrew Ng
In this TED talk by Andrew Ng, co-founder of Google Brain and deeplearning.ai, he believes that artificial intelligence (AI) systems should be more widely available and accessible, so that even...
Automating Script Execution on a Raspberry Pi
There are several ways to automate a Raspberry Pi to run a program automatically without needing to start it manually from the terminal. Whether you’re using Python, Node.js, or another...
Understanding Gradients with loss.backward() in PyTorch
In this post, let us take a closer look at how gradients are calculated in PyTorch, particularly focusing on the interaction between the loss.backward() function and a variable’s .grad attribute....
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Africa Has the ML Talent But Missing the GPUs.
One challenge I have noticed throughout my academic journey and as a TA is that access to computing resources, especially GPUs, has become a major bottleneck for many students especially...
Why Your Monthly AI Bill Might Soon Rival Your Headcount Costs From A Personal Experience
The $280 Overnight Surprise A friend pinged me last week, half-laughing, half-panicking 😅 . He’d been running a couple of AI coding agents overnight, just background refactoring and test generation....
How To Invest On The Ghana Stock Exchange
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) represents a unique opportunity for Ghanaian investors to participate in the growth of the country’s economy. As Ghana’s primary stock market, the GSE provides access...
Personal Posts
Lamentations is Just Complaining and Wailing, Why is It Even In The Bible
The book literally says lamentations which in simple term can be called complaining. My first time reading this book I was wondering why would anyone even add this to the...
Why is There a Giant Basket on This Building in Kigali?
First time visitors to Kigali might wonder why there is this giant basket on a building? I know I did. 📍Where are we? Let’s start with the basics: we’re in...
The Good Kind of Tired: Why “Happily Exhausted” Deserves Its Own Word
You know the feeling. Your legs are jelly after the final whistle, your eyes burn after the last line of code compiles, your arms ache from carrying a laughing kid...
The 11-Year-Old Mistake: How Man Utd’s Former Starlet William Osula Became Their Nightmare
Football loves a good full-circle story, and Newcastle United delivered one of the best on March 4, 2026. Newcastle United didn’t just beat Manchester United with a 90th-minute winner, they...
Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda Ban Cash Bouquets
As Valentine’s Day approaches, lovers across East Africa will have to rethink their gift ideas as Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda have all taken a firm stance against the popular trend...
Quotes from the famous and not so famous
In this post we’ll take a look at interesting quotes I found across the internet and books I read. For a glimpse I’m featuring George Bernard Shaw and Captain Jack...
