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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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When LLMs Become Scientific Instruments: Groundsource Flash Flood Research Report
A deep dive into Google's 2.6-million-event flood dataset: what the data shows, what claims hold up, and why the methodology matters more than the dataset itself. Resources: Enriched Dataset |...
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How to Break into AI Without a Degree In AI-Aleksa Gordić
Entering artificial intelligence often looks impossible without a master's degree, a PhD, or years inside elite academic research labs. Yet one of the clearest case studies of breaking into frontier...
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NASA APOD Has Migrated. Here Is What Is Changing and What Developers Must Do
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is one of the oldest living institutions on the World Wide Web. For over three decades, millions of space enthusiasts, students, researchers, and...
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Sveltia CMS is feature complete. Time to switch from Decap CMS
If you run a static site on Decap CMS (formerly Netlify CMS), Sveltia CMS created by Kyoshino has reached a decisive milestone. Several projects I maintain are handed over to...
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Geographic Concentration of Machine Learning Models: How Compute Economics Re-Engineered the AI Map
When you look at where notable artificial intelligence models come from, the global map looks empty. In the 2024 Stanford AI Index Report, researchers tracked 149 notable machine learning systems...
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Building a Modern Blog with Eleventy 3.x (Liquid Edition)
This is a complete, hands-on guide to building a real blog with Eleventy (also called 11ty), a static site generator: a tool that takes plain files, Markdown posts, HTML templates,...
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When LLMs Become Scientific Instruments: Groundsource Flash Flood Research Report
A deep dive into Google's 2.6-million-event flood dataset: what the data shows, what claims hold up, and why the methodology matters more than the dataset itself. Resources: Enriched Dataset |...
How to Break into AI Without a Degree In AI-Aleksa Gordić
Entering artificial intelligence often looks impossible without a master's degree, a PhD, or years inside elite academic research labs. Yet one of the clearest case studies of breaking into frontier...
NASA APOD Has Migrated. Here Is What Is Changing and What Developers Must Do
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is one of the oldest living institutions on the World Wide Web. For over three decades, millions of space enthusiasts, students, researchers, and...
Sveltia CMS is feature complete. Time to switch from Decap CMS
If you run a static site on Decap CMS (formerly Netlify CMS), Sveltia CMS created by Kyoshino has reached a decisive milestone. Several projects I maintain are handed over to...
Geographic Concentration of Machine Learning Models: How Compute Economics Re-Engineered the AI Map
When you look at where notable artificial intelligence models come from, the global map looks empty. In the 2024 Stanford AI Index Report, researchers tracked 149 notable machine learning systems...
Building a Modern Blog with Eleventy 3.x (Liquid Edition)
This is a complete, hands-on guide to building a real blog with Eleventy (also called 11ty), a static site generator: a tool that takes plain files, Markdown posts, HTML templates,...
Featured Posts
Why I Built a Free HD Background Remover (and What People Use It For)
Need to remove the background from a photo without losing HD quality? I built a free web app for that. Upload your image, adjust a few options, and download a...
Zindi -Ghana Crop Disease Detection Challenge
Zindi, in partnership with GIZ, Digital Transformation Centre Ghana, Fairforward, and the Responsible AI Lab, has launched the Ghana Crop Disease Detection Challenge. This challenge focuses on building machine learning...
Automating Python Execution on a Raspberry Pi with a virtual environment
In this guide, you will learn how to automate the execution of a Python script on your Raspberry Pi using a systemd service. This can be particularly useful for running...
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...
What's Hot Right Now? Find Out with Google Trends!
Ever wonder what people are searching for online—like the latest gadgets, hot topics, or even local events? Google Trends is a free, easy-to-use tool that shows you what’s trending on...
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...
What is TechRxiv?
TechRxiv is an open, moderated preprint server designed for sharing unpublished research in fields such as electrical engineering, computer science, and related technology disciplines. It was launched in 2020 by...
This Week in Air Quality Research: Novel Insights and Sensor Advances (23-June-2025)
I have been keeping up with air quality research to understand emerging risks, technological advances, and policy implications. This week I'm spotlighting literature that highlights the increasing role of low-cost...
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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
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...
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...
The Viral Tweet That Put a Nigerian Pencil Artist on MrBeast's Wall
Meet Ifure Usen, a talented Nigerian pencil artist whose incredible journey to fame began with a single tweet. On September 3, 2025 , Ifure replied to a MrBeast post on...
A Message From Alan Becker Animation vs channel on Youtube
A message from Alan Becker. Celebrating 20 years of Animation. Twenty years ago today, on June 3, 2006, I uploaded the very first Animator vs. Animation. What started as a...
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...
The Magnus Carlsen Gambit: Disrespecting Grandmasters for Fun With Gotham Chess
Magnus Carlsen is so good at chess that he often has to "nerf" himself just to make online games interesting, according to the YouTube channel Gotham Chess. While most of...
📚 Project Enlighten
Curated, legal, and free tech books onlineA hand-picked collection of genuinely great books on machine learning, deep learning, Python, and computer vision that authors and publishers have made permanently free to read online.
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
Practical Python for absolute beginners - automate spreadsheets, files, web scraping, emails and other tedious tasks.
Confessions of an IT Manager
Anarchic humour wrapped around hard-won wisdom about software projects, hiring, firing and surviving life in IT. Free...
Crafting Interpreters
Build two complete interpreters from scratch and finally understand how programming languages actually work. Beautifu...
