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Full-Stack Dev helping startups build fast, powerful web apps with code & no-code tools. From idea to launch πŸš€

Lagos
Joined April 2025
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Social media really makes it look like everyone else has their life sorted out at 25. What you don’t see are the losses, the debts and the years of trial and error behind those screenshots. Comparing your chapter 1 to someone’s highlight reel will only frustrate you.
I hate how social media makes us forget that wealth has stages. It's normal to start with nothing invested, to make mistakes with your first money, and yes, it's even normal to lose money on your first investment. These are lessons almost everyone pays for. Some people inherit assets or start investing early because someone taught them. Others only learn about compound interest at 30 and that's perfectly okay. The person who started late but stayed consistent will beat the person who started early and quit. Stop comparing your portfolio to someone's screenshot. Start where you are, with what you have, and let time do what it does.
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Upwork isn’t totally dead, it’s just overcrowded. What’s working better for me now is direct outreach. LinkedIn, cold emails, even walking into local businesses. Some of my best clients never came through any platform.
Upwork is de@d, mehn. 😭 You send proposals, spend connects, and still get nothing. Freelancers, how are we surviving this market?
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Japhet | Software Engineer πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» retweeted
πŸ“Œ They are NOT coming
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Hotel owners, quick gist πŸ‘‡ Guest DMs you at 11pm: "how much is your room?" 
You're asleep. Staff don close.
8am: they've booked somewhere else. You didn't lose them to a better hotel. You lost them to a faster one. I build booking pages that answer for you while you sleep. DM me πŸ“©
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Throughout my four years in Lasu, my tuition fee no pass 150k but here you are happy to be in debt of 530k for just two years with the hope to pay back once you start working. Did they promise you Job already to pay back the loan? The way this guy dey reason dey muzz me walai
Replying to @CryptoDefiLord
Mine is just 530k I’ll pay back when I start working🌚
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Devs, do you still write tests for your side projects or are we all just saying "I'll add them later" and move on
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Monday and light don already go before 7am. the week started without consulting me. Anyways, Happy New Week
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Opened vs code around 9 "just to check one thing". it's almost 12
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Japhet | Software Engineer πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» retweeted
One of the keys that tells your browser a website is real was the number 4 Full episode: youtu.be/zwaepk1Pd7s
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AI can make producing code easier without making understanding code easier. The teacher believes that the important skill for the next generation of developers is not simply knowing how to ask AI for code, but knowing enough to question, inspect, test, and improve what AI produces. For someone learning software engineering, this means you should learn to use AI as a coding assistant while still understanding the code it generates. You do not need to memorise every line of syntax, but you should understand the fundamentals well enough to recognise when a solution is wrong. Don't just learn how to make AI build things. Learn how to tell whether what AI built is worth trusting.
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May we not do it in vain πŸ™πŸ»
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Anyone building SaaS for Nigerian businesses without thinking offline-first is building for a country that doesn't exist. When the light goes and data finishes, the repair shop still has to log the phone that just came in.
πŸ€– Made with AI
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Japhet | Software Engineer πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» retweeted
I’m a very private person, maybe due to my upbringing. I sometimes wish to share every little win like others do, but another part of me always resists. Am I the only one who feels this way, or is it wrong not to share every little win?
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I’m a very private person, maybe due to my upbringing. I sometimes wish to share every little win like others do, but another part of me always resists. Am I the only one who feels this way, or is it wrong not to share every little win?
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Unpopular opinion but most small business sites in Lagos don't need Next.js static pages, decent hosting, proper local SEO and a WhatsApp button. that setup quietly beats a lot of the fancy builds i get asked to "fix"
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The scariest two words a client can send you is "quick one"
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Lowkey, messages like this give me joy πŸ€©πŸ€— Meanwhile, I build to bring ideas to life πŸ”₯✌️
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2 days ago, I was craving to cook Titus Fish I can’t imagine imagine one single Titus fish is #7500 while just two fish is #13500 How do we even get here πŸ₯Ί
Semo + Egusi + Fish πŸ˜‹ Food is bae πŸ™‚β€β†•οΈπŸ˜
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Japhet | Software Engineer πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» retweeted
πŸ“Œ Familiarity will keep you stuck!πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯
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