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Brian Makumi

Software Engineer
Kenya brianmakumi.com Joined September 2026
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Posts by makumi

makumi • • in Articles • 8 min read
There is a gap between knowing how Entity Framework Core works and knowing how to use it in a way that holds up under real conditions. The documentation will teach you the first thing. Production will teach you the second, usually by showing you what...
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makumi • • in Articles • 8 min read
There is a version of your product that works perfectly. The features are built. The flows are connected. Every screen renders correctly on every device. You have tested it yourself, and it makes sense to you. And users are still leaving. Not becau...
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makumi • • in Articles • 7 min read
Most of the writing about design systems is written by people who built them for large teams, at well-resourced companies, with dedicated time and tooling budgets. It is useful writing. It is also written for a situation that most designers and devel...
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makumi • • in Articles • 9 min read
Hiring a developer is one of the most consequential decisions a startup founder makes, and most founders make it by looking at the wrong things. Not because they are careless, but because the signals that are easiest to see, the GitHub profile, the ...
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makumi • • in Articles • 8 min read
Mobile-first is one of the most widely adopted principles in modern web development. Start with the smallest screen. Add complexity as the viewport grows. Build for the constrained environment and let the unconstrained one follow. It is good advice, ...
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makumi • • in Articles • 10 min read
At some point in almost every growing startup, a founder or CTO notices that things have slowed down. Features that used to take a week now take three. Bugs that seem straightforward take days to track down and fix. Every change seems to break someth...
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makumi • • in Articles • 6 min read
There is a piece of advice that circulates constantly in developer communities, in bootcamp curriculums, in career coaching threads, and in well-meaning LinkedIn posts: > Build side projects. They are the best way to show what you can do. It is not...
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