Reads..
Books
here's a compilation of the books I've read.
- Nearly all the men in Lagos are mad - Damilare Kuku *
- A few nights and days by Mbella Sonne Dipole
- Entangled in my Quagmire by Joy Atembe
- Atomic Habits by James Clear *
- Shape Up by Ryan Singer *
- The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green *
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi *
- Getting Real, Rework, Remote by Basecamp *
- Silas Marner by George Eliot
- 12 rules of life by Jordan B. Peterson
- Beyond Order by Jordan B. Peterson
- Hurricanes: A Memoir by Rick Ross
- Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
* means I'm still flipping those pages.
Articles
Telecoms giant MTN exits two African markets
2 min read . 333 words . Adekunle AgbetiloyeCameroon’s Douala port keeping organised crime afloat
4 min read . 837 words . Julia Stanyard, Eleanor BeevorStripe’s 2023 annual letter
1 min read . 56 words .Advice · Patrick Collison
4 min read . 668 words .Cameroonian Lawyer detained: Yellow Card seeks intervention of Ambassador as clients accuse US fintech of ‘confiscating money’
9 min read . 1875 words . Nfor Hanson NchanjiPRESS RELEASE: Future Software Should Be Memory Safe
3 min read . 708 words .Le SED : un centre de torture au cœur de la capitale camerounaise
5 min read . 1028 words . Alain T. D.My interview questions when hiring a front-end / back-end / whatever developer at Spatie
2 min read . 212 words . Freek vanHow We Help Our Developers Get More Done in 4 Days Than Most Do in 5
5 min read . 1103 words . Matt Stauffer Co-FounderThe Sodomy Ritual Pt 3: The Dirt Of Hollywood – July 4, 2022
17 min read . 3847 words . CelestialClaudine Gay and the Black Girlboss Paradox
1 min read . 21 words . Kimberly BryantKarezza: Men Say Best Sex Comes Without Orgasm
5 min read . 1115 words . SUSAN DONALDSON JAMESAn astronaut shares his 30-second trick for boosting productivity
4 min read . 948 words . Stephanie VozzaHow To Get Off Dating Apps And Meet People In The Real World
4 min read . 857 words . Olivia OvendenA fibrous path 'twixt heart and brain may make you swoon
4 min read . 771 words . Jon HamiltonHow to Actually Take a Social Media Break
1 min read . 38 words . Romano SantosIt Will Never Be a Good Time to Buy a House
5 min read . 1072 words . Annie LowreyI Swiped Tinder for Days in the Name of Research—These 5 Tips Will Make Your Bio Stand Out
5 min read . 1038 words . Sophia BenoitThe Prison of an Invisible Fence
6 min read . 1355 words . Aaron M. KinzerHow to navigate dating when you don’t want kids
12 min read . 2579 words . Hannah SingletonAlfred the Great
67 min read . 14690 words . From Wikipedia, the free2020 Year in Review
17 min read . 3823 words . Jack EllisFrigg
16 min read . 3432 words . From Wikipedia, the freeMidgard
4 min read . 854 words . From Wikipedia, the freeVanir
16 min read . 3418 words . From Wikipedia, the freeFólkvangr
7 min read . 1467 words . From Wikipedia, the freeAsgard
9 min read . 2083 words . From Wikipedia, the freeFreyr
26 min read . 5790 words . From Wikipedia, the freeFreyja
30 min read . 6671 words . From Wikipedia, the freeLoki
42 min read . 9187 words . From Wikipedia, the freeValhalla
16 min read . 3545 words . From Wikipedia, the freeSif
12 min read . 2618 words . From Wikipedia, the freeThor
34 min read . 7436 words . From Wikipedia, the freeNorse mythology
16 min read . 3608 words . From Wikipedia, the freeThe Uneasy Truth About Traveling While Fat
5 min read . 1197 words . Cheyenne DavisDo These Things Before You Quit Your Job
4 min read . 793 words . Meredith DietzIS THERE SPACE FOR INTELLECTUAL RAP IN CAMEROON?
5 min read . 1163 words . Foy NorbertWho Is Behind PHP
9 min read . 2056 words . Christoph RumpelAn Enugu to Canada Long-Distance Marriage on a ₦210k Monthly Income
7 min read . 1466 words . Meyimi O.How to Read a Book: The Ultimate Guide by Mortimer Adler
7 min read . 1455 words .51 Tips For Men Who Want To Be Great In Bed
23 min read . 5071 words . FatherlyBeing Broke Forced Me to Get Over My Imposter Syndrome — Man Like Etubi Onucheyo
8 min read . 1760 words . Conrad Johnson-OmodiagbeProductivity & Time Management Principles
9 min read . 1921 words .NairaLife: In Just Two Years, This UI/UX Designer’s Income Has Gone From ₦120k to Over ₦3m
10 min read . 2151 words . David OdunlamiLazy Collections in Laravel
16 min read . 3584 words .Introducing lazy loading prevention into an existing application
6 min read . 1399 words .12 Tips to Improve Your Reading–Tip 1: Read Slowly
2 min read . 224 words . schedulingMocking Fluent Laravel Facade Chains
3 min read . 448 words .Kubernetes 101: Pods, Nodes, Containers, and Clusters
6 min read . 1292 words . Daniel Sanche#NairaLife: This Product Manager Went from ₦220k to ₦1.4m Monthly in Two Years Through Remote Jobs
11 min read . 2347 words . Toheeb LanlehinThe #Nairalife of a Hustler Juggling a Finance Job With Multiple Side Gigs
12 min read . 2544 words . Toheeb LanlehinThe Unstable #NairaLife of a Photographer Stuck in the Gig Life
11 min read . 2356 words . Toheeb LanlehinI Couldn’t Keep Up With My Overambitious Boyfriend, So I Left
4 min read . 948 words . Tife OniOrganizational Coordination: Accountability, Autonomy, Communication
4 min read . 783 words . Aleph30 year old code killed! Microsoft rewrites Windows kernel with 180,000 lines of Rust
5 min read . 1044 words . Aaron 0928Lionel Messi to join Inter Miami after leaving Paris St-Germain
4 min read . 815 words . Guillem Balague#NairaLife: How Did She Hit Important Financial Milestones At 22? Voice Acting
11 min read . 2367 words . Toheeb LanlehinFIVE LAWS YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW EXIST IN CAMEROON
3 min read . 661 words . Giyo NdziImproving your password security
3 min read . 752 words .IN A COUNTRY OF SCANDALS, WHO WILL BELL THE CAT?
3 min read . 540 words . Giyo NdziList of rules and conventions I follow when writing code #3
11 min read . 2310 words .Laravel Valet 3 Released With Multi-Version PHP Support
2 min read . 371 words .PSR-12: Extended Coding Style
16 min read . 3596 words .Version control
3 min read . 662 words .JavaScript
3 min read . 569 words .Laravel & PHP
10 min read . 2192 words .Laravel & PHP
10 min read . 2192 words .What She Said: I Was Twice Divorced at 28 and Happier Than Ever
11 min read . 2466 words . Lolade Alaka“Basic Furnishing Cost Me ₦2m” — How Much Are Nigerians Spending on Their Homes?
8 min read . 1770 words . Ortega#NairaLife: This Nurse Is Fighting Sickle Cell and Sapa With Two Jobs
11 min read . 2351 words . David Odunlami#NairaLife: This Farmer Has Done Everything, and Wants to Be Governor
12 min read . 2548 words . David OdunlamiBuilding a micro-services app with PHP, Kubernetes and Skaffold
6 min read . 1318 words .I’m adding a second server to my app. What now?
7 min read . 1636 words .#NairaLife: How Did This Entrepreneur Turn ₦50k to ₦2m in Two Years?
8 min read . 1720 words . David OdunlamiThe #NairaLife of a PR Babe Who’s Proud of Black Tax
10 min read . 2108 words . David OdunlamiExtensive Hunter Biden laptop archive with nearly 10,000 photos published on new website
3 min read . 446 words . Josh ChristensonSomeone attacked our company
16 min read . 3602 words . Jack Ellispost.md
11 min read . 2484 words . 262588213843476Multiple Aggregates in One Query
3 min read . 463 words .The journey to a 10GbE home network
8 min read . 1660 words .On Being Indispensable at Work
6 min read . 1412 words .I AM FROM MINNESOTA – LIBIANCA
6 min read . 1217 words . Gheennyuy Nyuyki-eWHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST IN LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS?
4 min read . 796 words . Wandji WilfredBUILDING YOUR TRIBE
5 min read . 1006 words . Foy NorbertI ask this question to every Backend Engineer I interview
4 min read . 831 words . Hussein NasserHow Fisayo Fosudo Went From Graphic Designer to Top Visual Storyteller
9 min read . 2014 words . Toheeb LanlehinThe #NairaLife of an Accountant Who Doesn’t Trust Himself With Money
9 min read . 1978 words . Toheeb LanlehinWHY YOU SHOULD LEAVE YOUR COMFORT ZONE
4 min read . 982 words . Wandji WilfredNo big deal or the end of the world?
3 min read . 436 words .Building Stripe's API
5 min read . 1156 words .VP Engineering Vs CTO
3 min read . 466 words .Our cloud spend in 2022
4 min read . 819 words .Domain driven boldness
3 min read . 477 words . Jorge ManrubiaInside the all-hands meeting that led to a third of Basecamp employees quitting
11 min read . 2460 words . Casey NewtonBasecamp CEO Jason Fried isn't afraid to write his own rules on leadership. He explains why political talk is banned at work and why he implemented a 4-day workweek in the summer.
10 min read . 2199 words . Marguerite WardFacebook is finally letting users opt out of tracking, but there's a catch
2 min read . 256 words . ryan McnealBehind the Dev: Matt Stauffer
4 min read . 928 words .How To Improve Your Laravel Development Skills By Reading Code
7 min read . 1539 words .The New Normal
3 min read . 429 words . Jason FriedAging programmer
1 min read . 53 words . Oziel GómezI Became a Single Dad at 24. Here’s What I’ve Learned Since Then
6 min read . 1345 words . Kyle BandujoFrom an ex-Amazon team lead: 5 mistakes I made as a junior software engineer
3 min read . 681 words .Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome
7 min read . 1589 words . Ruchika Tulshyan, Jodi-Ann BureyWhy we're leaving the cloud
5 min read . 1012 words .Compared to what?
3 min read . 405 words . real codeLE NOUVEAU PROJET INFORM’ALL CITY VOIT LE JOUR
2 min read . 300 words .ECOBANK launches a monetary investment fund dubbed: FCB ECOBANK, under their subsidiary; EDC ASSET MANAGEMENT ECOBANK CAMEROON.
2 min read . 390 words . adminFreelancing as a Laravel Developer: One Year Later
23 min read . 5051 words .GitHub takes down repository containing Twitter’s source code
3 min read . 522 words . Ivan MehtaLaravel Loves PHP 8.2
2 min read . 262 words . Joe DixonTHE STRENGTH OF WEAK TIES
4 min read . 874 words . Wandji WilfredReliable Online Shops in Cameroon
1 min read . 158 words . Malico.6 Tips for Slow Reading
3 min read . 612 words . Christine RoI Became A Single Dad At 24, And Here's How It's Changed My Life
8 min read . 1693 words . Kyle Bandujo6 Nigerian Men Talk About the Red Flags They Ignored in Their Relationships
3 min read . 732 words . Conrad Johnson-OmodiagbeThe 6 Stages of Receiving Your Salary Late
2 min read . 348 words . Sheriff AlimiHow to Stay Safe in Nigeria — Tips from the Nigerian Police Force
2 min read . 391 words . Samson ToromadeKARMA DOES NOT WORK THE WAY YOU THINK AND HERE IS WHY
4 min read . 909 words . Foy NorbertWho Controls the Internet? And should they?
31 min read . 6858 words .The #NairaLife of a Lawyer Aiming for $100K a Year Through Tech
9 min read . 1881 words . David OdunlamiHow I Work (October 2018 Edition)
3 min read . 480 words . Taylor OtwellWE HAVE AN INFLUENCER PROBLEM
6 min read . 1210 words . Wandji WilfredThe #NairaLife of a Data Scientist Who Gets Unsatisfied Quickly
9 min read . 2005 words . David OdunlamiWorking harder doesn't make you more successful
3 min read . 631 words . Ed ZitronThe #NairaLife of the Morally Complicated Guidance Counsellor
11 min read . 2334 words . David OdunlamiThe Regretful #NairaLife of a Nine-Year Career Spent in a Family Business
13 min read . 2841 words . David OdunlamiThe #NairaLife of the Efiko Who Ran Away From Lecturing
8 min read . 1861 words . David OdunlamiThe #NairaLife of a POS Agent Forced to Plot New Business Moves
11 min read . 2382 words . Toheeb Lanlehin20 Ways to Read More Books in 2020
10 min read . 2135 words . Susie Dumond#NairaLife: This Marketing Babe Vowed Not to Return Home Until She Made Money
12 min read . 2551 words . David OdunlamiWhat’s It Like Moving Back In With Your Parents as an Adult? — We Asked 6 People
3 min read . 646 words . Tife OniManager By Day, Sugar Baby At Night: A Week In The Life
8 min read . 1721 words . Hassan Yahaya#NairaLife: This 41-Year-Old Business Development Manager Is Exhausted
10 min read . 2222 words . David OdunlamiWhat She Said: Feminism Led Me to Atheism
15 min read . 3391 words . Good FacesThe #NairaLife of the 27-Year-Old Driver Trying to Get Into Tech
10 min read . 2231 words . David Odunlami#NairaLife: How Did This Third-Class Graduate Manage to Make $20k a Month?
12 min read . 2657 words . David OdunlamiThe #NairaLife of a Salesman Who Hated Selling
9 min read . 2008 words . David OdunlamiThe #NairaLife of the Assistant Who’s Putting Her Family Before Herself
8 min read . 1843 words . David OdunlamiThe Product Designer on a Mission to Change Her Passport — A Week in the Life
5 min read . 1099 words . Ama Udofa“In Computer Village, Every Day, New Drama” — A Week in the Life of a Computer Vendor
7 min read . 1484 words . Ama Udofa#NairaLife: What Happens When You Have to Raise Five Siblings at 20?
13 min read . 2886 words . David Odunlami#NairaLife: This Gen Z Knows How to Use Her Network to Increase Her Income
7 min read . 1516 words . David OdunlamiThe #NairaLife Of A Doctor Juggling Two Shifts For ₦200k/Month
8 min read . 1654 words . Fu'ad LawalA Cleaner's #NairaLife In The Age Of Coronavirus
9 min read . 1975 words . Fu'ad LawalThe Adman Running From His Biggest Fear: His Roots
11 min read . 2443 words . Fu'ad Lawal#NairaLife: The Millionaire Who Learnt to Never Do Anything for Free
7 min read . 1462 words . David OdunlamiWhat It's Like Having Two Glucose Guardians You Don't Need
13 min read . 2833 words . Fu'ad LawalWorking Just To Pay Medical Bills? This #NairaLife Is About That
11 min read . 2414 words . Fu'ad LawalFearing Poverty And Death, 200k At A Time
10 min read . 2260 words . Fu'ad LawalThis Is What's It's Like Being A 57-year Old Trader
9 min read . 1886 words . Fu'ad LawalThe Necessity Entrepreneur Grinding With No Salary
9 min read . 2039 words . Fu'ad LawalShe's 27, A Researcher, And Tired Of Being Broke
9 min read . 1905 words . Fu'ad LawalHe Earned ₦159k 5 Years Ago – That's Less Than His Tithe Today
10 min read . 2299 words . Fu'ad LawalI Earn 175k, But I Still Dunno What I Want To Do With My Life
9 min read . 1945 words . Fu'ad LawalI'm Earning ₦100,000 And Raising 6 Children
12 min read . 2547 words . Fu'ad LawalFlutterwave: The African Unicorn Built On Quicksand
22 min read . 4872 words . David HundeyinThe #NairaLife of a Daddy’s Girl Learning to Survive on Her Own
8 min read . 1825 words . David Odunlami#NairaLife: How Did This Writer Hustle His Way to ₦1M/Month?
17 min read . 3730 words . Toheeb Lanlehin#NairaLife: The PR Consultant With A History of Investment Scams
12 min read . 2745 words . Toheeb Lanlehin#NairaLife: He Wanted to Japa, Then He Got a Job in Oil and Gas
11 min read . 2498 words . Toheeb Lanlehin#NairaLife: This Product Manager Was Down Zero In 2019. How Did He Turn It Around?
14 min read . 3145 words . Toheeb LanlehinThe #NairaLife Of A Millennial Looking To Retire At 40
13 min read . 2887 words . Toheeb LanlehinThe #NairaLife Of A Struggling Creative Who Is Racing Against Time
15 min read . 3191 words . Toheeb LanlehinA recap of 2021
16 min read . 3472 words . Freek van2021 Year in Review
8 min read . 1663 words .2021 year in review
4 min read . 804 words .My Coding Year 2021
7 min read . 1445 words . Christoph Rumpel2021: A year in review
3 min read . 617 words .The #NairaLife of the Pastor Chasing All His Dreams
11 min read . 2359 words . David Odunlami#NairaLife: This Project Manager Wants to Make $20K a Month Working From Home
11 min read . 2460 words . David OdunlamiHow Do You Wing It At Over ₦600k A Month? Ask Her
8 min read . 1859 words . Fu'ad LawalI Work Customer Relations, Earn ₦125k, And Like To Eat
10 min read . 2181 words . Fu'ad Lawal