Software Engineer by profession. ๐ผ Currently building https://nitter.cf/t.co/oustBheeEn Available to freelance & collaborate. More on my portfolio ๐
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1 yr ago, I built cpage.co.tz to solve "university assignment" coverpage creation & "nearby stationery shops" printing issues. ๐
Posted on TikTok & it blew up. ๐
Been a wild, blessed ride so far and I am grateful! ๐
Devs, pls check it out & share! ๐ฅ๏ธ๐ค๐ฅ๐ค
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Word and Excel reimagined for Linux with full compatibility! Maybe we don't need that Microsoft port of Office after all?
getartcraft.com/apps/wordcraโฆ
getartcraft.com/apps/gridcraโฆ
The new MacBooks are here, and they got touchscreen. ๐
The irony is that back in 2010, Steve Jobs himself explained why touchscreens on vertical laptop displays were ergonomically terrible.
Now Apple is going in that direction. ๐คฆ๐ฝโโ๏ธ
And I know Apple has a tendency to enter the game late and do things better than everyone else. I'll give them that.
But this? This is just ridiculously unnecessary. ๐ญ
I hate touchscreen computers. Seriously, what exactly am I gaining by having a touchscreen on my laptop?
Ergonomically, it makes little sense to me. Fingerprints all over my screen. The screen wobbles every time I touch it, my arm gets uncomfortable, and I'm reaching past a perfectly good keyboard just to do something my trackpad can handle perfectly fine.
And for what? An extra input method I barely use that also consumes battery.
What disappoints me about the MacBook is that Apple has already nailed two of my favourite things in a laptop: the keyboard and the trackpad. They're genuinely great.
So why add a touchscreen?
Gentlemen and ladies, I might never have the money to buy the new MacBook, but should I ever get the chance to choose one, I will NEVER choose the touchscreen version. ๐
And before anyone starts, I feel the same way about touchscreen Windows laptops.
It's like these computers are having an identity crisis. Are you a laptop or a tablet? PICK A STRUGGLE. ๐
I will die on this hill.
Update on the Niffer Effect ๐ฅ
Took the conversation to LinkedIn, and @SelcomTanzania's CEO, Sameer, clarified what actually happened.
Here's his response ๐
Claude Code sasa ni $118 kwa plan ya $100. ๐
$18 ni 18% VAT ya Tanzania. Na hii si Claude only, hata other international digital services zinaweza kutozwa hii VAT.
The crazy part is, hii VAT haijaanza leo. Inaonekana baadhi ya services ndio zinaanza ku-apply tax kwenye subscriptions zetu right now.
@gabyconscious tutatoboa kweli? ๐ญ๐
Mimi nimewanyima hela yangu, haki ivi mmeshindwa ๐๐
Patrick Paul retweeted
Usidhani ukifika unapotaka kufika utaridhika. Kuna siku uliomba maisha uliyonayo leo, lakini leo unayaona ya kawaida. Sali Zaidi ๐๐ฝโ๏ธ
Patrick Paul retweeted
#TajiriLaKihaya
Balaaa๐๐พ๐๐ฝ
๐น๐ฟ Tumezindua BetaFund.
Kama umewahi kuwa kwenye kamati ya harusi, msiba, send-off, ada ya shule, matibabu au mchango wowote wa kijamii, unajua kazi ilivyo.
Mtu mmoja anapewa jukumu la kusimamia michango yote. ๐งต๐
Watu wanatuma pesa kwa simu, wengine wanatoa cash, na screenshot zinatumwa WhatsAppโฆ
Halafu kila siku mtu anakaa ku-update majina, tiki, kiasi kilicholipwa, salio na jumla mpya.
Kisha anaweka list tena kwenye group la WhatsApp.
Na watu huwa wakuja uliza:
โMchango wangu umeingia?โ
BetaFund ni platform tuliyoitengeneza kufanya hiyo kazi kwa niaba yako.
Unafungua mchango ndani ya dakika chache, unapata link moja ya kushare, na watu wanaweza kuchangia kupitia:
โข M-Pesa
โข Mixx by Yas
โข Airtel Money
โข HaloPesa
Kwa wanao toa mchango, hakuna app ya kudownload. Hakuna account ya kufungua.
Malipo yakithibitishwa:
โ
Mchango unaingizwa moja kwa moja kwenye rekodi
โ
Status ya mchangiaji ina-update
โ
Jumla inaongezeka yenyewe
โ
Kama umeunganisha WhatsApp group, BetaFund inaweza kutuma updated list moja kwa moja kwenye group lako
Michango ya simu (digital payments) inaingizwa baada ya malipo kuthibitishwa.
Kila mchango pia una Event ID fupi ya public, ili mtu aweze kuhakiki link aliyotumiwa kabla ya kuchangia.
Waandaaji wanaweza pia kuomba event yao ihakikiwe na BetaFund. โ
(verification)
Ukifika muda wa kutoa fedha, organizer anaweza kuwithdraw kwenda kwenye mobile money wallet au akaunti ya benki yoyote hapa Tanzania.
BetaFund imejengwa kwa namna ambayo Watanzania tayari tunachangishana:
๐ Harusi & send-off
๐๏ธ Misiba
๐ Ada za shule
๐ฅ Matibabu
๐๏ธ Miradi
โช Kanisa & Msikiti
๐ค Harambee na mengine mengi
Hatukujaribu kuwaondoa watu WhatsApp.
Tumechukua tu kazi ambayo organizers walikuwa wanaifanya kwa mkono, na kuifanya iwe automatic.
BetaFund iko both kwa Kiswahili na Kingereza.
Kutengeneza mchango ni bure.
Nenda ๐ betafund.co.tz
Ndio tunaanza.
Tunaendelea kufanya kazi kubwa kuhakikisha BetaFund inakuwa rahisi zaidi, salama zaidi na ya kuaminika zaidi kadri tunavyokua.
Kama unataka kuijaribu na pia ku-support tunachojenga, tuna fundraiser yetu ya BetaFund ambayo tayari imehakikiwa โ
๐ lnkd.in/eqnUDXnm
Kwa maoni, maswali na criticism zote tunazikaribisha.
Karibu BetaFund. ๐น๐ฟ
Req->Repost ๐งต
@0x0256 @99Zaburi @anon_codex @gabyconscious @Issa_Ally_Mdoe @revaycolizer @DadyUtenga @TOTTechs @NjiwaFLow @kimjisena @mafolebaraka @makeleletech @ignasxv @Kibali02 @ankkala @salymdev @Neville983 @Abuumaryami_008 @j_kalebu @iamdastani @gregootz_ @Lonerx_znz @elisha_bulalu @Benji_Fernandes @StanleyMasinde_
#BetaFund #Tanzania #Fintech #MobileMoney #MadeInTanzania
Patrick Paul retweeted
๐น๐ฟ Tumezindua BetaFund.
Kama umewahi kuwa kwenye kamati ya harusi, msiba, send-off, ada ya shule, matibabu au mchango wowote wa kijamii, unajua kazi ilivyo.
Mtu mmoja anapewa jukumu la kusimamia michango yote. ๐งต๐
Watu wanatuma pesa kwa simu, wengine wanatoa cash, na screenshot zinatumwa WhatsAppโฆ
Halafu kila siku mtu anakaa ku-update majina, tiki, kiasi kilicholipwa, salio na jumla mpya.
Kisha anaweka list tena kwenye group la WhatsApp.
Na watu huwa wakuja uliza:
โMchango wangu umeingia?โ
BetaFund ni platform tuliyoitengeneza kufanya hiyo kazi kwa niaba yako.
Unafungua mchango ndani ya dakika chache, unapata link moja ya kushare, na watu wanaweza kuchangia kupitia:
โข M-Pesa
โข Mixx by Yas
โข Airtel Money
โข HaloPesa
Kwa wanao toa mchango, hakuna app ya kudownload. Hakuna account ya kufungua.
Malipo yakithibitishwa:
โ
Mchango unaingizwa moja kwa moja kwenye rekodi
โ
Status ya mchangiaji ina-update
โ
Jumla inaongezeka yenyewe
โ
Kama umeunganisha WhatsApp group, BetaFund inaweza kutuma updated list moja kwa moja kwenye group lako
Michango ya simu (digital payments) inaingizwa baada ya malipo kuthibitishwa.
Kila mchango pia una Event ID fupi ya public, ili mtu aweze kuhakiki link aliyotumiwa kabla ya kuchangia.
Waandaaji wanaweza pia kuomba event yao ihakikiwe na BetaFund. โ
(verification)
Ukifika muda wa kutoa fedha, organizer anaweza kuwithdraw kwenda kwenye mobile money wallet au akaunti ya benki yoyote hapa Tanzania.
BetaFund imejengwa kwa namna ambayo Watanzania tayari tunachangishana:
๐ Harusi & send-off
๐๏ธ Misiba
๐ Ada za shule
๐ฅ Matibabu
๐๏ธ Miradi
โช Kanisa & Msikiti
๐ค Harambee na mengine mengi
Hatukujaribu kuwaondoa watu WhatsApp.
Tumechukua tu kazi ambayo organizers walikuwa wanaifanya kwa mkono, na kuifanya iwe automatic.
BetaFund iko both kwa Kiswahili na Kingereza.
Kutengeneza mchango ni bure.
Nenda ๐ betafund.co.tz
Ndio tunaanza.
Tunaendelea kufanya kazi kubwa kuhakikisha BetaFund inakuwa rahisi zaidi, salama zaidi na ya kuaminika zaidi kadri tunavyokua.
Kama unataka kuijaribu na pia ku-support tunachojenga, tuna fundraiser yetu ya BetaFund ambayo tayari imehakikiwa โ
๐ lnkd.in/eqnUDXnm
Kwa maoni, maswali na criticism zote tunazikaribisha.
Karibu BetaFund. ๐น๐ฟ
Req->Repost ๐งต
@0x0256 @99Zaburi @anon_codex @gabyconscious @Issa_Ally_Mdoe @revaycolizer @DadyUtenga @TOTTechs @NjiwaFLow @kimjisena @mafolebaraka @makeleletech @ignasxv @Kibali02 @ankkala @salymdev @Neville983 @Abuumaryami_008 @j_kalebu @iamdastani @gregootz_ @Lonerx_znz @elisha_bulalu @Benji_Fernandes @StanleyMasinde_
#BetaFund #Tanzania #Fintech #MobileMoney #MadeInTanzania
For the past 2 months, I have been working on something new: a platform built for anyone who values their time and wants to automate the manual back-and-forth we've all just accepted as normal.
And NO, this has nothing to do with AI.
Wrapping up the final technical work now. Big announcement coming soon. ๐
Oooh Hell Naaah Man.... What the hell man ๐๐
โผ๏ธ BREAKING โผ๏ธ PHP warns of another UNPATCHED REC vulnerability just 2 days after releasing emergency patches for critical PHP2Shell flaws.
New "CVE-2026-115560" affects only unusual session configurations. PHP has issued urgent mitigation guidance.
Full details โ thehackernews.com/2026/10/urโฆ
The article is ready for those interested to read the full technical details
nitter.cf/patrick_forreal/statusโฆ
The insane amount of engineering that went into this tiny thing on BetaFundโs public website ๐๐ฅ
Iโll explain the madness later. For now, go play with it: betafund.co.tz/?site
PS: Switch languages, change video quality, and open it on your phone, tablet, or computer. Different devices get different aspect ratios. Every detail in there is intentional. ๐๐ฅ
Level ya u-engineer iliyotumika kwenye hiki kitu kidogo tu kwenye website ya BetaFund ๐is insane ๐ฅ
Nitakuja kueleza kila kitu baadaye. Kwa sasa, nendeni mkakicheki wenyewe: betafund.co.tz/?site
PS: Badilisha lugha, badilisha quality ya video, na fungua kwenye simu, tablet au computer. Kila kifaa kinaonyeshwa aspect ratio tofauti. ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
The insane amount of engineering that went into this tiny thing on BetaFundโs public website ๐๐ฅ
Iโll explain the madness later. For now, go play with it: betafund.co.tz/?site
PS: Switch languages, change video quality, and open it on your phone, tablet, or computer. Different devices get different aspect ratios. Every detail in there is intentional. ๐๐ฅ
See what I mean?
This was the worst week to be a developer ๐ตโ๐ซ
If you've deployed anything, read this ๐
PHP2Shell (9.2): Unauth RCE in PHP. UK took 30+ govt services offline. Update to the latest patch NOW.
Node.js: Brotli decoder RCE. Update to 22.23.4 / 24.22.1 / 26.12.1 and restart.
GitLab: Max severity bug affecting installs since 2014. Patch it.
LiteLLM 1.107.0 was malware for ~2 hours. Stole SSH + cloud keys. Pin 1.106.2 and rotate everything.
Railway breach: Some customer secrets may have been decrypted. Rotate API keys + DB passwords.
OpenCode Console: Linked OpenAI/Anthropic/Google keys leaked. Some people got $1000+ bills.
PingCAP: 10.6 TB claimed stolen. The cause? Credentials committed to the repo ๐ซ
Linux kernel: Two 9.0 RCE bugs leaked publicly on the mailing list before patches shipped.
Lesson: Keep .env out of git, pin your dependencies, rotate your keys.