Abiodun

Digitizing live African sports through computer vision & observational statistics | Swiss Army Knife

[Justin Poehnelt @JPoehnelt]

Two months ago I was fired by Google for creating the Google Workspace CLI. It went viral, hit #1 on Hacker News, gained thousands of GitHub stars and many thousands of actual users in just a couple days.

It was an incredible, confusing journey, from directors and leaders asking what they could learn from the tool to getting grilled by legal about why the Google logo and brand colors are on the Google Workspace GitHub code repositories.

I think the cause was that Workspace and certain leaders (and projects) were afraid of being disrupted. But the fear wasn't specific to my CLI, it was a broader fear in what agents meant for Workspace. Either way, the irony of my termination was the announcement at Google Cloud Next two days before I was fired that an official Workspace CLI was coming.

I want this out there because it is easier for me to explain my story and it is an experience I want to fully own. It's also part of my healing.

Nearly 7 years at Google was an incredible opportunity for me and I was fortunate to have wonderful teammates and a manager that fully supported me through these last few months. Thank you.

[W @_common_w2]

There is a huge difference, when Higuain was getting abused, what did messi do?

Here is what Higuain himself said:

Gonzalo Higuain: "After the match, everyone in the locker room turned cold toward me and no one spoke.

Only Messi came over to me, hugged me, and said, 'No problem, this is football. We made it to the final and gave it our all.'

Later, the coach at the time told me not to come back to the national team, but once again Messi stepped in and talked to the coach. 'This isn't his fault. In football, we win and lose together. No one is perfect, he said. He changed the coach's decision.

That's how I got called back to the national team. If it weren't for Messi, I'd still be tormented by guilt to this day."

[Kunle Kenny -The Joy Dispenser @kunle_kenny]

I cannot overemphasise this! It’s books. It’s not podcasts, not movies, but BOOKS!
You HAVE TO read! It engages your brain in a unique way. Your imagination comes alive, your curiosity is inspired, and your use of grammar is sharpened! You MUST read!!

[𝘃𝗶𝗸 @Pe8ri]

my fav genre of content is watching people praise messi, I'm fkn obsessed

[blue @bluewmist]

i just read a post that said "life becomes so beautiful when you realise that one step backwards is also the part of the dance" holyyyy fuckkkkk

[SuperSanusi @supersanusi]

Like I've said before, people will be shocked by how fast Evs are adopted in Nigeria.

It's very well suited to our culture of "innovating" around structural problems. (E.g boreholes, generators, etc)

[Abiodun @biodun_dev]

@DamilohunA [email protected]

[Abiodun @biodun_dev]

@greyfinance @leothatguy Does grey works for aws payment?

[Abiodun @biodun_dev]

My team at our startup is currently on the lookout for a coworking space in the Yaba axis of Lagos to serve as our base. We need a setup that can comfortably accommodate 12 people with reliable infrastructure. If you know of any great places kindly recommend.

[Abiodun @biodun_dev]

@Officially_Kriz The hidden assumption here is that your salary is also compounding at 50% every single year

[Abiodun @biodun_dev]

Applying computer vision to a live football pitch teaches you one brutal truth: the real world is chaotic. You can't out-architect a fundamentally flawed mathematical model. The infrastructure only matters if the math is right.

[Abiodun @biodun_dev]

@segun_os_ Help me ask them abeg. lol

[Abiodun @biodun_dev]

we're looking for a product designer to assist with building our landing page at Round-Up. We're a sports analytics startup with an official NPFL data license. We are not able to offer a salary at the moment. If you’re interested, kindly send an email [email protected]

[Abiodun @biodun_dev]

@vadym_petryshyn Lessons were learnt 😂. But worth the effort

[Abiodun @biodun_dev]

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[Abiodun @biodun_dev]

https://t.co/3DoU1vJ6gg

[Abiodun @biodun_dev]

here: https://t.co/X4Lxxf5MRx

[Abiodun @biodun_dev]

spending some time this weekend hacking on a personal open-source coachmark/onboarding library for RN.
There is absolutely zero pressure to join, but if anyone wants to tinker with it or grab some OS PRs for their GitHub, you’re more than welcome to jump in.

[Crazy Moments @Crazymoments01]

That smile on her face after she gave the carrots 👏😍