Software Engineer — Backend & Systems 🧠 Building with leverage. Solving real problems 💭

Port Harcourt
Joined May 2021
Started MIT 6.824 Distributed Systems on YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=cQP8WApz… Lecture 1 — biggest takeaway: If you can solve a problem without a distributed system… do it. Because once you go distributed, you’re trading simplicity for power. Yes, you get 1/ parallelism (faster systems) 2/ fault tolerance ie one part fails, the system still lives 3/ security isolation 4/ performance at scale But the cost is real: 1/ concurrency bugs you can’t easily reproduce 2/ partial failures (some things work, some don’t) 3/ performance that’s hard to reason about Distributed systems are a tradeoff you make when scale, reliability, or constraints demand it
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If this AGI news is true… a lot of things are about to get devalued. fast. tools. coding. execution. what becomes expensive? human reasoning with execution. with or without AGI, we’re already gradually stepping into that era. Its time to think 🧠. for real 💭.
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AI is slowly killing the “flex” we’ve been used to. “i built this” “i use that” “i know this framework” That stuff is gradually getting devalued. because soon everyone and their AI can build. what will actually stand out now? thinking. The power to think how you approach problems how you break things down how you see what others don’t We’re moving from: builders → thinkers coders → problem solvers The real flex now is clarity of thought because in a world where execution is cheap… thinking becomes expensive. F*ck… I’m ready for this. let’s go.
I did the math on AGI and the numbers are terrifying. In 2022, researchers said 50% chance of human-level AI by 2059. By 2024 they moved it to 2047. By late 2025, people inside the labs were privately saying 2027. The timeline moved up 30 years in 3 years. > Then I followed the money. $410B spent on AI in 2025. $600B projected for 2026. You don't spend war money on a maybe. > Then I followed the people. Elon, Altman, Amodei.. they've never agreed on anything, now they all say AGI by 2026-2027. Leopold Aschenbrenner wrote a 165-page warning about AGI. Then raised a billion-dollar hedge fund betting on it. The people building AGI aren't asking "when" anymore. They're asking "how do we tell 8 billion people their job description just became a suggestion."
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Sylva retweeted
You can now enable Claude to use your computer to complete tasks. It opens your apps, navigates your browser, fills in spreadsheets—anything you'd do sitting at your desk. Research preview in Claude Cowork and Claude Code, macOS only.
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It’s Monday again. A fresh week.
A fresh start.
New opportunities waiting. Another chance to learn.
To improve.
To become world-class at what you do. Another chance to accept feedback,
to unlearn what no longer serves you,
and relearn what moves you forward. Put yourself out there.
Take the shot.
Do the work. The world is yours.
You are here.
Let’s get it. 🚀
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I’ve been thinking… Real estate already runs on: “Put money X → get % return in Y duration.” So why isn’t there a clean, stock-like app where 1. anyone can invest 2. see a dashboard 3. watch it grow Feels like an obvious win. What am I missing? #PropTech #Fintech #Investing
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I don’t know if it’s just me, but do they even make great movies anymore? 🤔 Almost every genre feels predictable now. Horror? You already know the “hotspots.” Action? Something bad happens, revenge arc, struggle… then they win. It just doesn’t feel as creative as it used to. Maybe it’s time the movie industry finds a way to actually accept ideas from the public. I’m sure people out there have some insanely creative concepts. Just saying.
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Ayaya 👀
We’re launching a brand new, full-stack vibe coding experience in @GoogleAIStudio, made possible by integrations with the @Antigravity coding agent and @Firebase backends. This unlocks: — Full-stack multiplayer experiences: Create complex, multiplayer apps with fully-featured UIs and backends directly within AI Studio — Connection to real-world services: Build applications that connect to live data sources, databases, or payment processors and the Antigravity agent will securely store your API credentials for you — A smarter agent that works even when you don't: By maintaining a deeper understanding of your project structure and chat history, the agent can execute multi-step code edits from simpler prompts. It also remembers where you left off and completes your tasks while you’re away, so you can seamlessly resume your builds from anywhere — Configuration of database connections and authentication flows: Add Firebase integration to provision Cloud Firestore for databases and Firebase authentication for secure sign-in This demo displays what can be built in the new vibe coding experience in AI Studio. Geoseeker is a full-stack application that manages real-time multiplayer states, compass-based logic, and an external API integration with @GoogleMaps 🕹️
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Love how @AnthropicAI explained how to use hooks anthropic.skilljar.com
Stop what you’re doing right now. Anthropic just dropped a free AI academy with 13 courses and official certificates across MCP, APIs, Claude Code, and fluency. People used to pay $2k for bootcamps teaching worse versions of these topics. Now it costs $0. Save it. Start today.
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Going into the week with the confidence of a 4year old in a Batman T-shirt
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And you thought it was hard to scroll through all the photos on your phone... NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped its 100,000th image of the surface with its HiRISE camera. More on this milestone image: go.nasa.gov/4oXJQpu
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Elysium 🎎
If you know this place, you’ve watched one of the best movies.
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Monday - another chance to be world-class in everything you do. A fresh opportunity to create, to build, and to show the world your value 🫧🎎
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I helped interview candidates for a backend position, and I was surprised to see how many people know a lot but struggle to communicate it effectively. Many lacked confidence and presence in their tone. Simple concepts were often made unnecessarily complex
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I noticed that people need to work on their aura and tone - sound confident, sound like the man or woman we’re looking for. Clearly communicate what you know, and acknowledge what you don’t. Honestly, i realized that recruiters don’t always expect us to know everything🤷.
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Do it Afraid Keep going @hingees
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