Blog and insights
Notes on building and running software.
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The Copy-Paste Olympics: How Much Time Your Team Wastes Moving Data
Your team is training hard for the Copy-Paste Olympics, and they are winning gold. Data entry automation in Kenya can retire them from the sport with honours.
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Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365: The Office Suite Showdown
Two colleagues, one office, one decision: Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365. A friendly guide for Kenyan teams that would rather not settle it by arm wrestling.
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Blackouts, UPS Units and the Art of Saving Your Work Before the Lights Go
The lights flicker, someone screams "save!", and three hours of work vanish. A practical guide to choosing a UPS for your office in Kenya.
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Will AI Replace Accountants in Nairobi?
Achieng's nephew says AI accounting software in Kenya will make her job obsolete by Christmas. After twenty years of doing accounts, she has thoughts.
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M-Pesa Reconciliation: From Three Days of Squinting to Three Minutes
Mutua has a paybill statement and a highlighter that has given up. Here is how to do M-Pesa reconciliation in Kenya without losing your eyesight.
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Cloud Costs: How to Stop Your Bill Growing Like Nairobi Traffic
Cloud bills behave like Thika Road at 5pm: fine, then suddenly stuck. Simple cloud cost optimisation habits for Kenyan businesses keep yours flowing.
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Backups: Because "It Was on Kamau's Laptop" Is Not a Disaster Recovery Plan
Kamau's laptop went to Naivasha and came back dead, with your client files on it. A simple data backup guide for Kenyan businesses, so it never happens again.
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AI in Swahili and Sheng: Where the Machines Still Struggle
Ask a Swahili AI chatbot for formal Swahili and it does fine. Ask it what "niko fiti, buda" means and things get interesting.
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Payroll Day Without the Panic: Automating Statutory Deductions
Dear diary, the payroll spreadsheet has 47 tabs and one is called DO NOT TOUCH. Someone touched it. Time to talk about payroll software in Kenya.