Overdrive Ⓥ

Carpreneur | In Pursuit of Happiness | Infosec | Views expressed are my own

[khalif kairo @KhalifKairo]

Deadskin inatoka hapa ni thick kama maganda ya waru

[Dr Boni Khalwale, MD, CBS @DrBKhalwale]

My dear friends and colleagues. 16 girls in Utimishi Academy were fatally set ablaze by their fellow students!!

Bad adults are not an accident. They are a project. A project that started at age 5 when a child talked back to an adult and the parent laughed and said, "Huyu mtoto ni tough kama mimi"

A project that continued at age 10 when the child threw a tantrum in public and nobody said a word.

A project that matured at age 15 when the teenager disrespected a teacher and the parent showed up at school to defend the child.

A project that graduated at age 25 when a fully grown adult cannot keep a job because they cannot take correction from anyone.

Nobody wakes up at 30 and suddenly becomes rude, entitled, dishonest, and impossible to deal with.

That software was installed early.
By parents who were allergic to the word "no."

"Mtoto wangu asiumizwe."
"Usimshoutie."
"Let the child express themselves."

Express themselves into what, exactly?
A menace?

Because that is what happened.

You let your child talk back to elders and called it confidence.
You let them break rules and called it creativity.
You let them disrespect boundaries and called it independence.

Now they are 28.
They cannot hold a relationship because they have never been told they are wrong.

They cannot keep a job because they argue with every supervisor. They cannot take feedback without crying victim.

And you are wondering what happened.
You happened.

You skipped the most important part of parenting.
Discipline.
Not beating. Discipline.

Teaching a child that actions have consequences. That "no" is a complete sentence. That apologizing is not weakness. That respecting people is not optional.

These are lessons that must be taught early. Because the world will not teach them gently.

Schools do not raise children. The internet does not raise children. TikTok does not raise children. Church does not raise children.

Parents do.

And if you refuse to correct your child, society will do it for you.
Society has no patience. No mercy. No second chances.

Prisons are full of people who were never told "sit down" at age 7.
Broken homes are full of adults who were never taught emotional regulation at age 12.

Unemployment lines are full of people who were never told "do it again properly" at age 15.

You had the chance to shape them.
You chose comfort over correction.

And now the world is dealing with the result.

Raise children with manners. With respect. With accountability. With the understanding that the world owes them nothing and character determines everything.

Otherwise, you are not raising a child.
You are manufacturing a future problem.
And society will send you the bill.

[Overdrive Ⓥ @FrankOverdrive]

@brokensuit44 How do you do this

[Overdrive Ⓥ @FrankOverdrive]

The heck? Never seen a 50kph speed limit sign on Langata

[Brybell @BryBell11]

Some sections of Langata Rd limit ni 50 guys?

[IVY @ivymuthe]

18-year-old Davis Mwangi, a Form Four candidate at Booshine Academy in Mwiki, was subjected to severe physical assault by the school principal, Mr. Titus Okanda, and five other teachers. The principal allegedly used a whip and slaps, while the teachers beat him with pipes, in a clear attempt to humiliate and intimidate him.Davis’s only “offence” was dating a girl in the same school whom the principal was also romantically interested in. Earlier, the school administration had falsely claimed that the girl was pregnant for Davis in an effort to force them to end the relationship. They summoned both sets of parents to school to resolve the matter. However, Davis’s mother took the pair for a hospital pregnancy test, which returned negative.Despite this, the principal and five teachers later dragged Davis and the girl into the staff room, where they brutally assaulted him in her presence. While beating him, they reportedly taunted the girl, asking if this was the “boyfriend” she expected to protect her — one who couldn’t even protect himself. As a result of the assault, Davis sustained serious injuries, including a severe eye injury and intense back pain from the whip and pipes. He was hospitalized. When his mother later reached out to him, he responded rudely, claiming he had money and that they could “go wherever they wanted.” Is it acceptable for a teacher or school principal to physically assault a student in this manner simply because he is dating a girl the principal is also interested in?

[The climate dialogues by Peris Muchiri @Perismuchiri]

THREAD:
El Niño is developing. Climate models are pointing to conditions through late 2026 into early 2027. Eastern Africa needs to pay attention NOW!!
Here is what you need to know:

[Joy Car hire @JCarhire]

Mapenzi hii town inahitaji helmet na referee 😂
Imagine dame amechukua simu ya boyfriend, akaona contact imeandikwa “Mama Fua”. Akaamua kupiga simu akiwa ready kuuliza, “Wewe huoshea nguo na how much?”
Kumbe ni yeye mwenyewe ali-saveiwa hivyo 😭😭
Sasa amebaki hapo ameshika simu, hasira imeshuka, dignity imeenda, na boyfriend ako pembeni anasema, “Babe, si wewe hupenda kuniosha kila weekend?”
Hii Nairobi ukianza kuchunguza sana, unaweza jikuta wewe ndio evidence.
Mapenzi wacheni ikae, juu hii town hata FBI wanaeza resign...

[Generali Osumo @generali_osumo]

TRAFFIC UPDATE ⛔

If you're driving along the Mai Mahiu - Narok route you'd rather check your speed. The entire traffic police department has migrated to Ntulele where they have mounted a mountain of a road block in Ntulele. They have opened a Central Bank inside Ntulele Police Station.

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

A Boeing 747 at cruise altitude generates wingtip vortices so powerful they can flip a small aircraft 30 km behind it.

This is why air traffic control enforces 3–8 minute separation gaps.

Not for fuel. Not for visibility.

Because the air a 747 leaves behind is violent enough to be lethal.

The vortex is a horizontal tornado with:
• 200+ mph wind speeds at the core
• A radius of up to 900 feet
• A lifespan of 3+ minutes at altitude

[Overdrive Ⓥ @FrankOverdrive]

@mbiti_mwondi [email protected]

[Overdrive Ⓥ @FrankOverdrive]

@marto571311380 @DCI_Kenya @RobertAlai Are you justifying robbery?

[Minnie Moh💜🌸 @theyluvmoh]

Nimeinua gas na mkono moja bila kustrain, I hope ni nguvu ndo nikonayo Mingi and not what I'm thinking aki🥹😭

[Cyprian, Is Nyakundi @C_NyaKundiH]

The debate between Gen Zs and millennials is totally imbalanced because we are comparing people at very different stages of life, under very different burdens, and then pretending the answers are already clear.

Gen Zs are right to say they are bold, outspoken and less willing to tolerate humiliation, especially in workplaces, politics and society. That is a good thing, and Kenya has benefited from that courage. But millennials are also not weak simply because many learnt how to endure bad systems, survive quietly, keep jobs, swallow pride and carry responsibilities without making noise every day.

The truth is that we may not get the real answer now. We will only know when Gen Zs are in their 30s and 40s, with children in school, ageing parents to support, rent or mortgages to pay, medical bills arriving without warning, loans hanging over them, and entire households depending on one salary.

That is when life tests political courage, workplace courage and social courage differently. It is easy to say people should walk away from oppressive spaces when you are mostly carrying yourself. It becomes more complicated when your resignation, rebellion or public confrontation can immediately affect your children, your parents, your spouse and everyone who eats from your table.

So maybe millennials were tough in survival while Gen Zs are tough in confrontation, but the debate is not complete until both generations have faced the same weight of adult responsibility.

Let us wait and see whether the same fire remains when life adds school fees, hospital bills, dependants, debt and the fear of one wrong move collapsing a whole family.

Until then, this argument is interesting, but it is not settled......

[Overdrive Ⓥ @FrankOverdrive]

@alexmwanzo He asked 30k in 3 days not 13

Also 13 days x 3k per day is 39k

Makanika surely 😄

[Overdrive Ⓥ @FrankOverdrive]

@evenmaina @KarokiNjogu Eh eh eh Mailord. Eve pia wewe ni bully jamani

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

You've been asking for this one...

Now in preview: Codex in the ChatGPT mobile app.

Start new work, review outputs, steer execution, and approve next steps, all from the ChatGPT mobile app. Codex will keep running on your laptop, Mac mini, or devbox.

[Sound Dobad @SoundDobad]

Jensen deciding what to pack

[Sam Altman @sama]

speaking of things that have gotten over a threshold for me, the combo of the new ChatGPT model, personality, and personalization feels like a new thing

[Overdrive Ⓥ @FrankOverdrive]

@DerrickUdu55582 I would.

[Dave W Plummer @davepl1968]

I've been coding for 40 years. Here are the top 5 things I wish I knew when I started.

1. 90% of the job is debugging and fixing, not creating new code. Which is still fun if you're good at it.

I used to think programming was mostly writing fresh, clever stuff. In reality, most of your time is spent in other people's (or your own past self's) messy code, chasing down why something that "should" work doesn't. Get really good at debugging early. Learn assembly reading, call stacks, and kernel debuggers. It pays off hugely. The best engineers I saw were absolute magicians at this.

2. Manage complexity from day one (ie: don't write slop and "fix it later" if it goes somewhere).

Very early on, I'd hammer out code and refactor afterward. Big mistake. Now I start with clean, skeletal structure (minimalism first) and flesh it out carefully, with AI or not.

Messy code compounds and becomes unfixable. Upfront discipline on architecture, naming, and simplicity saves enormous pain later, especially in large systems like Windows.

3. Tools and processes matter more than you think

We suffered with basic diff/manual deltas instead of modern source control like Git. Branching, testing, and good tooling would have made porting and collaboration way smoother. Invest in your environment, automation, and reproducible builds early. Good tools amplify your output; bad ones (or none) drag everything down.

4. Understand the problem and existing code deeply before writing

Don't jump straight to coding. Map out the problem, study what's already there (you'll inherit a lot), and plan. Low-level knowledge (hardware quirks, alignment issues on different architectures like MIPS/Alpha) was crucial. Also: assert early and often. It forces clarity.

5. People, politics, and "the right tool for the job" beat pure tech arguments.

Brilliant engineers still argue endlessly. Sometimes it's about ego, not merit. Learn to spot the difference and "steer" the conversation rather than "winning" it.

Bonus from experience: Side projects like Task Manager (started at home because I wanted the tool) can become your biggest hits. Ship small, useful things often. If you're just starting, focus on fundamentals, patterns over syntax, and building resilience for the long haul. It's going to be a wild ride, but the fundamentals still matter.