It's Timonwa Akintokun 👻

Engineer 👩🏽‍💻 · Writer ✍🏽 · Creator 🎨
Finding joy in the chaos ✨

[Wise @trikcode]

A person deleted 3 months of AI generated code because he could not understand it.

He could not explain why it was written that way.

[ocean 🌊 @oceannvibe]

The earth showing of again

[Prymex.eth 🌊 @EmekaOghali]

Bro to Bro :

Make I cast one update.

If you want to collect your original Waec certificate from your school they will charge you 50k~ 90k but you fit get am for 5k ~ 8k

•Visit : Waec.)org
•Create an account
•Input your details
•Log in
•Just follow the prompts... It's simple to get. Just have like 8k and either your BVN, international passport or NIN.
• use Concord paper to Print it out

That’s your original Certificate, no cast am !!

[Ray🫧 @ravikiran_dev7]

Unpopular opinion: it's true 👀

Do you agree with this??

[It's Timonwa Akintokun 👻 @Timonwa_]

@TosinOlugbenga @LanreCodes

[Makoto Kern @theiiimpact]

Wait till they rug pull us and charge us 10x for token usage. Esp after they all go public and have to show profits YoY. Get everyone hooked on it. Kill institutional knowledge esp in coding / development, so that developers will no longer understand the code base and so have to prompt their way to fixing code.

[Warren H. Cohn @WarCo1]

Here’s the email to employees:

Team,

Hope everyone’s doing well and enjoying the productivity enhancements from our AI tooling initiative.

Unfortunately, Finance has asked me to clarify a small issue.

It appears someone, and by “someone” I mean apparently all of you simultaneously, managed to spend $500,000,000 on @claudeai usage in a single month.

For context:
•NASA landed on the moon for less.
•We are now the proud owner of approximately 14% of Anthropic.
•Claude personally sent us a thank-you fruit basket.
•Our CFO has entered a fugue state and only communicates through Slack emojis.
•The electricity usage from your prompts briefly dimmed parts of Northern Virginia.
While we appreciate innovation, there are concerns that:
•“Can you make this email sound slightly warmer?” did not require 11,400 generations.
•Asking Claude to “rewrite this in the style of Succession, Hemingway, and Tony Soprano combined” may have been excessive.
•One employee appears to have used Claude to generate “a quick list of lunch options” that somehow consumed the GDP of a small island nation.

Going forward, please observe the following guidelines:
1Do not upload the entire internet into Claude “for context.”
2If your prompt begins with “simulate every possible outcome,” reconsider.
3Claude should not be used to:
◦settle fantasy football disputes,
◦write your wedding vows 97 times,
◦generate revenge edits of your ex’s LinkedIn bio,
◦or ask “what if Rome had WiFi?”

Most importantly:

If you see the message:

“This request may require additional datacenter construction”

…please stop immediately and contact IT.

Thank you all for your cooperation during this challenging yet technologically groundbreaking time.

Warm regards,
Management

P.S. Whoever prompted:
“Generate every possible PR angle for every company founded since 1983”
…we just want to talk.

[It's Timonwa Akintokun 👻 @Timonwa_]

Doings.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

NEW: AI consultant reveals a client accidentally spent $500,000,000.00 in a single month after failing to set employee limits on Claude usage.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

NEW: AI consultant reveals a client accidentally spent $500,000,000.00 in a single month after failing to set employee limits on Claude usage.

[Sam Axe @thesamaxe]

@venturetwins I set pricing for the SaaS I'm building at $20 a month, and I managed to burn $40 in tokens a day using it myself. Luckily I'm the only customer for my own product for now.

[Iamveektoria.base.eth 🙂‍↔️🌳 ✠ @iamveektoria_]

How to Relocate via the UK Global Talent Visa (Tech Route) 🇬🇧

The Global Talent Visa lets you work in the UK without an employer sponsor if you’re recognised as a leader (Exceptional Talent) or potential leader (Exceptional Promise) in your field.

Once endorsed, you can:
→ Live and work in the UK
→ Change jobs freely (no sponsorship needed)
→ Start a business or work across multiple roles
→ Bring dependants
→ Apply for settlement (ILR) later

Estimated Cost (2026)

→ Endorsement fee: £561
→ Visa application fee: £205
→ Immigration Health Surcharge: ~£1,035 per year

Total (1-year visa): ~£1,800–£2,000 ($2.2k–$2.5k)

You need to have your long-term plans and money to survive just in case of anything.

But basically, you can literally relocate with less than $5k cash.

When You Must Travel / Visa Validity

→ You must apply for the visa within 3 months of getting endorsed
→ You can choose your intended travel date during application
→ If you are issued a visa vignette, you’ll typically have 90 days to enter the UK after your visa start date
→ If you are granted a digital status (eVisa), you should enter the UK within the validity of your visa, as there may not be a strict 90-day vignette window

What You Must Prove

→ You must show evidence of being a leader or potential leader in tech
→ Your work must be in a product-led tech company or ecosystem

Two Application Categories

Exceptional Talent (Leader)
For established professionals with strong achievements

You must show:
→ Recognised innovation or leadership
→ Senior roles and impactful contributions
→ Strong industry recognition

Exceptional Promise (Potential Leader)
For early/mid-stage professionals with high potential

You must show:
→ Clear growth trajectory
→ Innovation in your work
→ Contributions beyond your job role

Core Requirements (Very Important)
You must meet:

→ 1 Mandatory Criterion
Show you are recognised (or have potential) as a leader in tech

→ At least 2 Optional Criteria

Examples:
→ Innovation (building products or new ideas)
→ Contributions outside work (speaking, mentoring, open source)
→ Commercial or technical impact in a company
→ Research or academic contributions

Documents You Need

→ CV (career + achievements)
→ 3 recommendation letters (from senior tech experts)
→ Personal statement (max ~1,000 words)
→ Evidence documents (minimum 6, max 10)

Your recommendation letters must explain:

→ Who the person is
→ How they know you
→ Your impact in tech
→ Why the UK should accept you

How to Structure Your Evidence (From Real Experience)

This is where most people fail, and this insight is very important:

→ Minimum: 6 strong documents
→ Maximum: 10 documents

Each evidence should:
→ Be clear and visual (screenshots, links, metrics)
→ Show your direct impact
→ Be tied to a specific criterion

Strong examples:
→ Salary proof showing you’re above market
→ Product growth you contributed to
→ Conference talks / speaking engagements
→ Open-source contributions
→ Mentorship or community impact
→ Media features or publications

Very Important for Approval

→ Don’t write long stories. Show proof with data
→ Use visuals (graphs, screenshots, links)
→ Get strong referees (senior, credible, “Google-able”)
→ Make your personal statement tie everything together
→ Clearly label every document with the criterion it satisfies

Application Timeline

→ Endorsement decision: ~3–8 weeks
→ Visa decision:
→ ~3 weeks (outside the UK)
→ ~8 weeks (inside the UK)

Settlement Timeline

→ Exceptional Talent gets ILR in 3 years
→ Exceptional Promise gets ILR in 5 years
→ Citizenship is 1 year after ILR

In Summary

→ You don’t need a job offer
→ You must prove impact recognition
→ You need strong documented evidence and referees
→ You must think like a builder or contributor to the tech ecosystem

If you have any questions, drop them in the comments.

I will answer as much as I can.

[spidey @lochan_twt]

how life feels without chatgpt, claude, cursor

[naijafemalefarmer @naijafemalefama]

Yesterday, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria posted on Twitter that Nigerians can now export cow bones duty-free to China.

Under the comment sections, some Nigerians were asking the ambassador to tell them what they are using the cow bones for😁

Some were telling the ambassador to tell his people to come and setup the processing facility here in Nigeria, so they can create jobs.

Funny people. I laughed at our inability to do simple Google search.

As a livestock farmer and Agro commodities trader, I already know the uses of cow bones.

And about building a factory here in Nigeria? Nigerians are the ones to do it, but sadly everyone is building hotels😁

Let me tell you a few uses of cow bones.

Here are 4 major uses of cow bones you can mention in your content;

✍🏻Bone meal fertilizer: Cow bones are processed into bone meal, rich in phosphorus and calcium, used to improve soil fertility.

They prefer this to fertilize their soil not the chemical sold to our rural farmers.

✍🏻Animal feed supplement: Processed bone meal can be used as a mineral supplement in livestock feed, especially for calcium and phosphorus.

We use this for chicken feed, pig, and fish feed production.

Verify the price per kg and you’ll be shocked.

✍🏻Gelatin production: Cow bones can be processed to extract gelatin, used in food, pharmaceuticals, capsules, and cosmetics.

Just imagine the volume of cow bones wasting in your village?

Pharmaceuticals companies are paying billions of dollars to buy it from those processing it.

And I believe those Chinese companies will focus more on this.

It is big money wasting away in Africa because we don’t know anything about value addition.

✍🏻Activated carbon / bone char: Burnt bones can produce bone char, used in filtration, sugar refining, and water purification.

Pause here and think deeply with me. They use bone char for water purification in their country.

But they produce capsules and sell to us for water purification😳

Let’s not blame them. We take responsibility.

Now, let’s be honest. This is a golden opportunity for us. Let’s export the cow bones and cash out.

Also, let’s learn how to process the cow bones locally and export the finish product too.

If I tell you now that chicken feed producers in Nigeria import bone meal, you won’t believe. Research it yourself.

A ton of bone meal is around $200 - $750 currently.

Bro, just imagine earning over $200 from wastage thrown around our local markets in Africa.

Business opportunity for you. Do your research and see how you can position to serve this market

[It's Timonwa Akintokun 👻 @Timonwa_]

@TosinOlugbenga 💯

[Tosin Olugbenga @TosinOlugbenga]

If you a developer residing in Nigeria, strive to get to work in a company in the US, Canada, UK or the EUs.

It will help you understand system architecture quickly because those companies can invest in infrastructure.

Most of you, all you know is GitHub and Vercel….the basics that get your portfolio website up and running.

[DROID @droidbuilds]

Giving Claude access to confidential company data just to center a div 💀

[Tomilola Oluwafemi | Software Engineer @tomilola_ng]

I was going to build two websites for a multimillionaire. I am sure his business was making around 50 million a month.

I sent an invoice of 1.8 million, but his assistant reduced it to 800k, saying Oga wouldn’t pay.

When the invoice reached him, he called me personally and asked me to lower it to 600k, saying it was too high. I stood my ground, and we agreed on 400k for just one of the sites.

On the day we launched the site, I joined their team celebration dinner. It lasted less than two hours, and the restaurant bill was 420k.

He literally paid for a one-night dinner that cost more than what he paid me for three weeks of work

When we wanted to buy a domain, the one he liked was $80, he paid for two years upfront, that's over 200k

I realized he wasn’t concerned about the money; His goal was to keep me small.

[Tosin Olugbenga @TosinOlugbenga]

My friend who’s FINTECH startup processed about 6 billion naira had to SHUT it down…

After spending a month in prison with different court cases still pending

Watch why your FINTECH start can send you to jail

[Smart👨‍💻 | Software Engineer @smartnakamoura]

CBN-licensed payment options for Nigerian developers building right now:

– Paystack → best DX, owned by Stripe
– Flutterwave → widest African coverage
– Monnify (Moniepoint) → best for direct bank transfers
– Squad by GTCo → competitive rates for startups
– Providus via Anchor → best for issuing virtual accounts programmatically
– Bloc → banking-as-a-service, build your own fintech on top
– Sudo Africa → card issuing API
– Lenco → business accounts with API access

Choosing the wrong payment provider costs you in settlement delays, dispute headaches, and downtime.

Know what each one is actually good at.

[Prajwal Tomar @PrajwalTomar_]

Vibe coders are getting sued.

People are launching apps with real users but skipping the boring stuff that can actually kill the product.

A developer with 20+ years of experience just shared the pre-launch checklist every AI builder should run:

→ privacy policy if you collect user data
→ know where user data is stored
→ check security headers
→ scan against OWASP basics
→ look for SQL injection / XSS / auth issues
→ make sure .env values are not leaking
→ check API responses for sensitive data
→ remove secrets from logs
→ never expose API keys in frontend code
→ move keys server-side or behind a proxy
→ add rate limits before someone burns your API bill

This is what most vibe coders are missing.

AI can help you build the app.

But if you launch without security, privacy, and abuse checks...

you didn't ship a product.

you shipped a liability.