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lance.py ✯ retweeted
we won! 🌴
Italy just blocked Meta's plan to ban Meta AI competitors from WhatsApp.
Flew to Rome last week to present our case to the Italian Competition Authority.
Only three companies in the room:
@Meta, @Interaction, and @OpenAI.
When I read Meta's defense of "AI is putting a strain on our systems", I knew we'd win this.
We literally pay Meta for WhatsApp API usage – that's how WhatsApp makes money. Whether messages are user-to-user (free) or AI-to-user (paid!) makes zero technical difference.
It would be in the best interest of WhatsApp to have Poke.com on their platform – If it wasn't for an independent business line called Meta AI, just like it would be better for Apple to ban Spotify and only allow Apple Music on iOS.
Italy agreed: "Groundless."
Both Italy and the European Commission (EC) are moving at unprecedented speeds:
It's 1 of just 5 antitrust cases opened by the EC this year, and just like with USB-C, they are acting in the best interest of the consumer.
Now we're hopeful Italy's decision sets the precedent for EU-wide interim measures before Meta's ban takes effect on Jan 15.
Free markets and competition won today.
Let the people choose which AI they wanna use.
lance.py ✯ retweeted
The day I got my first seven-figure job, sleep refused to come. I just kept walking around my room, thinking about how my life had finally turned. I told myself, this is it. No more soaking garri every night .
I went out and bought peppered chicken and turkey on credit because I knew my seven figure was coming 🤣🤣🥹🤭, all the things I used to look at from afar. I sat down and ate everything with joy. Even my music changed. I moved from Billie Eilish to Joy Is Coming by Fido 🤭🤣 like my spirit knew something big had shifted.
Later, I spent my first 100k and looked at my balance. The money was still plenty, and it kept growing. I went to parts of the store I used to only admire. I picked up a bottle of wine I once feared to check the price of, and for the first time, I realized I could afford it without thinking twice. 🤭😭😭😭😆
That night, I slept like a baby. It was the kind of peace that touches your chest.
To my newbies I pray you taste that feeling soon.
Tech money 🤭🤭
Broke ones will rise again.
lance.py ✯ retweeted
Just made $150k from tech,
pretty much by pushing myself out
Lowk lucky i started off this tech stuff early!!
Its funny how I spent all my life looking forward to raising enough revenue that would make me leave my pc
but yeah that’s pretty much it, thanks javascript and php 😅
oh wait, wrong currency, i meant ₦ 😹😹😹😹, mehn i need to work tch
lance.py ✯ retweeted
I’m building this software for this UK man, he told me if the idea works it will change his life.
I told him he’s not the first, I’ve been changing people’s life with my skill for years now and that’s why mine too don’t stay the same
I can’t explain the reaction on his face😂
lance.py ✯ retweeted
I just wrote my first react programme, I also learnt React CDN and why we have two files in the CDN link.
lance.py ✯ retweeted
Yoooooo! We had another amazing space yesterday!
A big shoutout to everyone who took the time to join (as a listener & speaker).
Thank you all for the support.
It’s another beautiful day.
Stay locked in 💪
lance.py ✯ retweeted
Took me a few days to find the right words for this, and I still don’t think I have them.
Moderating a panel at the Solana Summit Africa was surreal. This is the second time this year I’ve had that opportunity, and every time I’ve felt intense gratitude.
I still want to do more. Be more.
Thank you @SuperteamNG for giving me reasons to believe that I can. 🙏🏽
lance.py ✯ retweeted
November can hot oh!!🙌🏽 We just secured another partnership with a global educator and @TWAchievers to host a 6-weeks beginner training for people interested in:
- IT support,
- Cybersecurity,
- DevOps &
- Cloud security
There’s over 20+ scholarship slots available for the community 🥺 This the biggest soo far!! Who’s interested in these tracks?❤️
lance.py ✯ retweeted
While you're learning.
Please learn how to sell yourself.
Because it gets harder every year.
lance.py ✯ retweeted
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴: 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘀 + 𝗦𝗤𝗟𝗔𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘆 = 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿.
Today was about connecting Python to real databases - no more toy datasets.
This is where your code starts talking to production systems.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
Connect pandas to my MSSQL database using SQLAlchemy.
Sounds simple. It wasn’t.
Spent 3 hours wrestling with SQL authentication.
Nothing worked. Error after error.
Finally pivoted to Windows authentication - and boom, breakthrough.
Suddenly I’m pulling data from my actual database into Python.
Querying tables. Loading DataFrames. Viewing production data.
First time doing this. Felt like unlocking a new level.
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗜𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀
In real Data Engineering, data lives in databases - not CSV files.
SQLAlchemy is the bridge between your Python scripts and those databases.
Master this, and you can:
•Automate ETL pipelines
•Build dashboards on live data
•Pull data whenever you need it
This is how data engineers move from analyst to builder.
𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆
Debugging isn’t failure - it’s the real learning.
Those 3 hours taught me more than any tutorial could.
Now I can pull live data into Python. That changes everything.
𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗨𝗽: Deep dive into SQLAlchemy - connection engines, query building, and ORM basics.
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲.
Ever spent hours debugging auth issues? What finally worked for you?
#DataEngineering #Python #SQLAlchemy #ETL #LearningInPublic #BuildingInPublic #Datafam
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳: 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘀, 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 & 𝗦𝗤𝗟.
Today was about data movement — how data flows between files, code, and databases.
This is where pandas stops being “a library” and starts feeling like a real ETL tool. 🧵
𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗜/𝗢 (𝗜𝗻𝗽𝘂𝘁/𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗽𝘂𝘁)
Data comes from everywhere — CSVs, Excels, APIs, Databases.
Today I learned how to move it in and out of pandas like a pro.
✓ Read CSV and Excel files into DataFrames
✓ Clean and transform data inside pandas
✓ Write processed data back to CSV or Excel
✓ Connect pandas directly to SQL databases
✓ Push DataFrames into SQL tables
✓ Query SQL data straight from Python
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗜𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀
This is real ETL in action.
Extraction (CSV/Excel) → Transformation (pandas) → Loading (SQL).
It’s how analysts start thinking like engineers.
𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆
Data Engineering isn’t always Spark or Airflow.
Sometimes it’s just pandas doing the heavy lifting quietly.
The better you are at moving data, the more powerful you become downstream.
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲.
What’s your go-to way to connect Python and SQL? 👇
#DataEngineering #Python #Pandas #SQL #ETL #LearningInPublic #BuildingInPublic #365DayChallenge #DataAnalytics
lance.py ✯ retweeted
Everyday one founder or the other is in my DM requesting I help them hire or recommend people to fill different roles.
I am not an HR o….but they trusted my instincts or because I am also a founder I have eye for quality.
See, if I recommend you and you mess up…we will fight.
I don’t even know how to go about it.
