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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

“O Lord, gimme health and strength. I’ll steal the rest” - kharioki

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

This guy invented “work from home” culture. #shikapakapawa

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Tenure

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3 years

It exists, its called Kwenu

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4 years

Flaqo: Sauti Sol are putting us on the map. The map:

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Millennials in Kenya we’ve survived everything; el nino, saba saba, Moi, bomb blast, Nairobi fly, 05 jeans, supra + arafat outfits, PEV, Kamwana’s last 5years, dollar at 170, covid and we’ll survive floods. At this point we’re on autopilot. We’re just enjoying the journey.

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This is your yearly reminder that a certain apple shop in Sarit Center will sell the M2 MacBook Air for a minimum $2k With that price, you can fly to UAE, tour the sights and buy a new M2 pc on your way back.

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Kharioki

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2 years

today marks 4yrs working fully remote. I need to recreate this photo. This photo was taken at the Aberdare ranges

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2 months

If I’m appointed ICT CS first directive will be to deport Kennedy Wangari.

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As the incoming ICT CS, my first directive will be promoting memory safe and type safe programming principles. If you use that programming language that considers the ability to add integers and strings a feature you're in trouble.

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Kharioki

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2 years

While we talk about Google, Microsoft, Visa, Meta, and Amazon opening in Kenya, lets not forget the stats on Payscale. It’s admirable that all these cool companies are operating here and yet these stats are depressing. A thread…

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Kharioki

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2 years

Live from Safaricom House, Waiyaki Way after Google, Microsoft and Visa are done taking all their good devs.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

4 years

Artcaffe used a design competition to generate unpaid advertisements here on twitter. That's genius and also wrong.

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Kharioki

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@_melvinlucas For 35k, it better be a loft and 1min walk to Cavalli, GtC or Sarit

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

Mlisema Lewis Hamilton angekuwa na CX-5 akina Checo hawangekuwa wanamuona?

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Kharioki

@kharioki

5 years

@valkyriethot Even when being interviewed Jeff is still in character

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

USIU students watching @wayne_gakuo speak Swahili like a muggle at #DevFest2022

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

@kiruik Imagine what they’ll say when they discover we even work from home and only 4 days a week

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

building in public. second app this week. powered by @expo expo-router, apollographql, prisma and lots of coffee

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Kharioki

@kharioki

19 days

@Kelvinmwendwa__ Build cool shit and you won't have to apply.

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Kharioki

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4 months

@iz_ben Sometimes I feel like one. Then I write full length texts and remember my place.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

9 days

@abadojack 😎

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

When we are done discussing no good devs in Kenya, lets talk about how the “A” in EMEA is silent.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Believe it or not, when I first met @abel_masila he used to call it “nginx” instead of “engine x”… Now look at him, hands down the best frontend dev in the continent. Perhaps even better than me.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

These bootcamp students are booking mentorship sessions and then not showing up. Don’t they know we have to like stop work and set some time aside from our busy schedule. I’m making my own list just like Arya Stark.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Today’s work station 🍺

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Kharioki

@kharioki

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@abadojack Mimi nimeamka saai. Nikule breakfast 1hr alafu nifanye release to my beta testers. Then gym at 5pm

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

The MCA ballot paper for roysambu constituency was longer than Daraja API docs. #KenyaDecides2022

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Me a whole Engineer with two different engineering degrees , working for multiple global companies and yet I have dreadlocks. You’d think a member of parliament and rights activist would be less obtuse 🤦🏽

Hon. George Peter Kaluma, CBS. MP.

@gpdkaluma

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@SekuruRoddie Imagine your doctor, Lawyer, Engineer in dreadlocks 🏃🏃

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

Y’all 🤦🏼 @AustinRoy007 see this

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Kharioki

@kharioki

6 years

After waiting two safe days, I can finally say that: Wizkid's SA performance was way better than Beyonce's. come fight me.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

Only safe place chatting is GitHub pull request conversation.

Kirinyet Brian

@kirinyetbrian

1 year

Unadhani umeangukia Tech babe kumbe ni trap... 😂😂😂

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Kharioki

@kharioki

11 months

They are now using ChatGPT to send us rejection emails.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

They denied me access to Twitter Developer API twice before. A week after musk buys it, now I have access. Maybe this is why he bought it.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

4 years

Built a tetris game with react hooks.. 🙂🙂

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

Playing with a new UI library.

Kuma UI

Kuma UI - A new era of CSS-in-JS with Hybrid CSS-in-JS, Theming and Universal UI Components

www.kuma-ui.com

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

@mugeci_hezron

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Dear Ten Hag, We need Shakes Makena, El Matador, Cool Joe and Dancing Rasta. And we need them yesterday.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

I first built the web prototype in 2018. Now the concept includes 2 mobile apps (pro and explore) one where organizers curate packages and the other where potential travelers discover these packages. So far I have about 20 providers ø 5k users on the waitlist. cc: @_buildspace

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

First simple version of my explore app. Cool progress. Cc @_buildspace @_nightsweekends #toy #gaudmire

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

Life of a 10x engineer…

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 months

You gotta register that as a blocker on Jira. Then mention it at daily standup. After that you can spend the rest of the day upskilling.

Andrew Baisden

@andrewbaisden

2 months

Developers if http://localhost:3000 was not available which port would you use?

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 months

Dude, I wish for just one time you could stand in my shoes - you'd know what a drag it is to know you. Honestly I find the fact that you've lived this long with such opinions both surprising and disappointing and I envy people who haven't met you.

Siro Dave

@SiroDaves

2 months

Nothing irritates me like a nose ring. It reminds me of the nose ringing done to cattle, particularly bulls, to make handling and controlling them easier and safer. Then another thing is a visible tattoo. Even if you love something why engrave it on your skin?

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Kharioki

@kharioki

11 months

I also have some good issues on the @droidconke React Native repository. If you're a Kenyan dev building with react native or Expo, there are some good issues being added everyday

Chepsi

@chepsi_

11 months

I have created a number of good first issues on the @droidconke Android Kotlin Repository. Please check them out here. Happy contributing.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

M2 tech bros we get 18hrs on battery charge. 12 if I’m using xcode, android studio and simulators.

D.P. Njenga

@deepeters_

1 year

Tech bros wako kwa apartments hazina solar backup mnafanyaga nini stima zikipotea during work hours? 😁

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

My business cards…

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

I’m making a push to GitHub and doing a Vercel build before going out to vote. Politicians come and go, but this coding thing; this is life.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

3 years

@Sab__G Yaani Jubilee imeongeza hadi pregnancy term.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

9 months

I've been working remotely for the last 5yrs. Meaning I've never attended an end-of-year party IRL. Maybe this is the year one of my many friends invites me as a +1. I already have the outfit and the xmas cheer.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Happy birthday to me. 🍺 “Here's to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty woman and an honest one. A cold beer and another one.”

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Kharioki

@kharioki

3 months

Nani anadai airtag. I have two to spare. Ukinimeet town nishow nikupatie. #RejectFinanceBill2024

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

{ Twende Rendercon }: I'll be doing a talk on mobile development unless the Avengers need me.

Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

@abel_masila @renderconke @ramaspeaksdev @remix_run @cindy_kandie @steph_opala @siscokogo @WarriorRapid @akuya_ekorot Twende RenderCon23

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Kharioki

@kharioki

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That Schengen email notification 🕺. Looks like transfer season is on.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

2016. Lenovo Thinkpad. I had just started building with React Native and graphql. Fast forward to 2018, someone pushed me out of a moving matatu to steal this PC

GrayHat Mwenda

@HarunMbaabu

2 years

Let's do a thread of your first workstation / workspace😂 🧵

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Okay so why would I bring this up? While interviewing with companies from all over the world, a good number of them told me they adjust their compensation as per the local rates - in Kenya, the rates usually are published on payscale. And trust me, this is a 🚩🚩

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Kharioki

@kharioki

4 months

Hey @chepsi_ your new colleagues are calling me telling me my number has been registered multiple times. Could you please look into that 😂

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

me right now: 😔

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Kharioki

@kharioki

3 years

Someone said LCU (Light-skin Cinematic Universe) 😂😂😂

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 month

New month. New look. 💜

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Someone at @SafaricomPLC needs to explain why I’m receiving mpesa stk pushes randomly without my permission.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

4 years

@justvkay @gitweeta Because Chaos makes everything better. Us inside House of Sarit...

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Funny story: A while back I was interviewing with an awesome company and in the initial interviews, they asked what I would expect to get as compensation. I’d done extensive research from data all over the world but my quote was still $70k less than what they were willing to pay

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Kharioki

@kharioki

12 days

@_melvinlucas Gathiga isn’t even on Waiyaki Way

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Kharioki

@kharioki

3 months

30+ Feliz cumpleaños Kharioki 🎉🎊🎂

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

I’m on this tech community call and one the participants is the resident startup whistleblower.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

4 years

Happy birthday Kharioki. 🥂 To another year of being a digital nomad, beer drinker, traveller and JavaScript whisperer.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 months

@0xNdeto The worst part is that the global community probably thinks he’s one of our subject-matter experts. No one will take us seriously if a fraud is the face of tech.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

3 years

I have a sacred relationship with my vscode editor. I did a write-up of the extensions I use to configure my editor. "Configuring my VS Code Editor :)" by @kharioki #DEVCommunity

Configuring my VS Code Editor :)

I have been meaning to write this article about how I configure my favorite IDE; VS Code. I'm writing...

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Kharioki

@kharioki

3 years

My girlfriend started learning React today and I'm her teacher. Imma marry this woman someday.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

5 years

So the other day I posted a job vacancy for React Native developers. #IkokaziKE Anyway most of the respondents did not have the required skill set but they were willing to learn. so I kept thinking of how I got into the software engineering profession and how I can help.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

10 months

I’ve started practicing for when my relatives ask me why I’m still single. If you run into me, please ask me why. I’m beta testing different responses to find the least nice one.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

11 months

If that tsavo guy had been a tech bro this would have been our end. We dodged a big one. Its good when a week goes by and we haven’t been on the bad side of KOT. Have a beautiful weekend. See y’all tomorrow at KCA for second day of #renderconke

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Its that time for KOT’s annual reminder that Westlands, Lavington and Kilimani coolest spots are kinda racist. Joints like Alchemist hide behind that statement “management reserves the right to admission” Anyway I’ll still go there. I have never had a bad experience

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

There’s a line between interrogation and interview. Some tech companies in Kenya really blur the line

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Kharioki

@kharioki

5 months

For those interested in OpenSource I have some really cool stuff coming up for rendercon. We'll be building some amazing apps. I'll update y'all when we kick it off

Rendercon Kenya 2024 #renderconke

@renderconke

5 months

The 2nd Edition of Rendercon Kenya is here — uniting the brightest minds in web and mobile software development in the React ecosystem. Come connect, learn and innovate with us! More info on #renderconke #renderconke2023 #reactdevske

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Kharioki

@kharioki

7 years

@Deelaboso I memorized an incident about accidents, even if they told us to write about a wedding, in that wedding there would be an accident

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 month

DevOps session with @Muoki_Caleb at #rubyconfafrica2024

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Kharioki

@kharioki

10 months

I enjoyed every minute building this app.

droidconke

@droidconke

10 months

The React Native app is also on playstore🥳!!! Thanks to the @reactdevske community for working on the app!🙏 Use the following link to download the React Native version of the app. 🔗:

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Most times I forget I’m a kikuyu until someone types GUI and at that point I feel the ghost of Gikuyu and Mumbi watching me.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

Before coffee: I hate everybody After coffee: I feel good about hating everybody

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

@SaruniBM It sure does and they have alot of influence especially in career advancement

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

This is an accurate representation of @_jumaallan calling out the problems in the dev communities' leadership in Kenya... Spot the leads

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Google offers nanodegrees. He could probably get one by Monday.

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What advice would you give Sakaja if you met him today?

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

As soon as this is available in Kenya, I will get it for the public primary school I attended. its the least I can do

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2 years

One Starlink can provide Internet for an entire school of hundreds of students

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

That being said, we need a tool like @GergelyOrosz ‘s essentially focused on the African market. But while I come up with such a tool, I’d urge the dev community in Kenya to see to it that the stats on payscale are improved…

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

@abel_masila @HarunMbaabu Giving out an Envy x360 to a lucky beginner in March.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

Even GOT had a better ending than that thread

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

Its barely mid morning and I’ve already used the word “cadence” in a sprint planning meeting. My transition to PM is nigh

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

not quitting the company early enough. almost acquired some bad skills

HighValueMan

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What is one rookie mistake you did as a junior dev?or an intern?

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

my new pronoun: mentor

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Believe it or not, I have had tech interviews that had more grilling questions than this presidential interrogation. #PresidentialDebate2022

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

so much for my plan to not leave the house till September. Anyway, I'll be teaching Navigation in React Native apps with Expo Router v2 this weekend. This should be interesting

Reactjs Developer Community in Kenya

@reactdevske

1 year

Brian( @mr_brianwachira ) and Tony( @kharioki ) will be taking us through a session on how to implement navigation on react native apps with @Expo Router. #reactdevske #reactjskenya #reactjske 2/5

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

"I won't mention private conversation" while mentioning the conversation to everyone

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 year

I had so much fun presenting today

masila

@abel_masila

1 year

Today was amazing at @moringaschool . 🚀🚀🚀

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Me at Diani after merging PRs on two different repos.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

1 month

There are more ticketing sites in Kenya than there are Quickmart supermarkets. I know because I own one and maintain atleast 2.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 years

Yearly reminder that calling someone “ras” because they have locs is also profiling. And uncivilized too.

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Kharioki

@kharioki

2 months

Thanks for the clarification sir.

Thanos

@abadojack

2 months

#FreePoloKimani (Blue T-shirt)

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@kharioki

2 months

Stan, I’ve been fighting this fight for as long as I can remember. Two years ago I decided I would no longer bother trying to explain what being metrosexual is all about. Everyone is woke online until you run into them and their true colors show. When someone comes at you

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@StanleyMasinde_

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If you’re trying to say that I’m homosexual I’m not. And this is the second time I’m telling you the difference between metrosexual and homosexual. Metrosexual guys are guys who like to look good. Metrosexual is not a sexual orientation I hope it will get through your thick