wrote this on a plane using freewrite I built for ipad. cleaned it up with claude. original outline here. i’m finishing my final year of cs while working part-time as a software engineer slash technical writer. i write python professionally. ship features to production. debug production issues. integrate apis. architect new systems. real stuff people actually use. then i walk into an exam hall and they ask me to handwrite bubble sort on paper....
Have you ever been stuck in a standup where you dont know what to say or how to say it? Or you’re just not in the mood to talk about what you did yesterday and what you’re going to do today? Well I have a solution for you! Check out Ugh Standup This is a standup script generator that tells you what to say in your morning catchups. Just enter your Wins and Blockers and Gemini will generate a standup script for you....
I’m still working here so in the meantime, here’s a list of things I’ve worked on and contributed to: Release Updated and wrote new documentation Enterprise Bot Worked on a framework for evaluating LLMs Also wrote a couple articles And benchmarked different AI Agent providers. Sentry Wrote some help guides Coherence Made this cool example app using Django and Postgres and then wrote guides on setting it up using Coherence....
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” -Arthur Clarke, a man who would be out of a job had Claude been a thing in his day Artificial Intelligence. Where do I begin? Perhaps by asking if it’ll steal my job? Or will it overthrow the government? Or maybe have it simply write this blog for me? Disclaimer: Yes this post is 100% made by a human, source: trust me bro...
Disclaimer: I did have to sign an NDA, so I can’t go too in depth on certain things. But I’ll do my best to capture the essence of it and my feelings. After my first year at university and countless personal projects under my belt, I was eager to secure a software development internship to “get my foot in the door” of the industry. However, the reality in South Africa is that student internships are less common compared to other countries, and even experienced graduates face challenges finding jobs....