CEPHAS

Senior Software Engineer | Fullstack .NET Developer👨🏾‍💻#DotNet #CSharp #AspDotNet #Azure #Angular

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Fellow Nigerians, good morning.

I woke up this morning after my church service with a deeply reflective heart, and despite every constraint, I felt compelled to share these thoughts with you.

Many people do not truly understand the silent pains some of us carry daily—the private struggles, emotional burdens, and quiet battles we face while trying to survive and serve sincerely in difficult circumstances.

We now live in an environment that has become increasingly toxic, where the very system that should protect and create opportunities for decent living often works against the people—a society where intimidation, insecurity, endless scrutiny, and discouragement have become normal.

More painful is when some of those you associate with, believing you would find understanding and solidarity among them, become part of the pressure you face. Some who publicly identify with you privately distance themselves or join in unfair criticism.

We live in a society where humility is mistaken for weakness, respect is seen as a lack of courage, and compassion is treated as foolishness—a system where treating people equally is questioned simply because you refuse to worship status, tribe, class, or power.

Personally, I have never looked down on anyone except to uplift them. I have never used privilege, position, or resources to oppress others, intimidate the weak, or make people feel small. To me, leadership has always been about service, sacrifice, and helping others rise.

Let me state clearly: my decision to leave the ADC is not because our highly respected Chairman, Senator David Mark, treated me badly, nor because my leader and elder brother, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, or any other respected leaders did anything personally wrong to me. I will continue to respect them.

However, the same Nigerian state and its agents that created unnecessary crises and hostility within the Labour Party that forced me to leave now appear to be finding their way into the ADC, with endless court cases, internal battles, suspicion, and division, instead of focusing on deeper national problems and playing politics built more on control and exclusion than on service and nation-building.

Even within spaces where one labours sincerely, one is sometimes treated like an outsider in one’s own home. You and your team become easy targets for every failure, frustration, or misunderstanding, as though honest contribution has become a favour being tolerated rather than appreciated.

And when you choose to leave so that those you are leaving can have peace, and you step out into the cold, you are still maligned and your character is questioned. Despite all your efforts to continue working for a better Nigeria and engaging people with sincerity and goodwill, those who do not wish you well continue to attack your character and question your intentions.

There are moments I ask God in prayer: Why is doing the right thing often misconstrued as wrongdoing in our country? Why is integrity not valued? Why is the prudent management of resources, especially when invested in critical areas like education and healthcare, wrongly labelled as stinginess? Why are humility and obedience to the rule of law often taken to be weakness rather than discipline?

Let me assure all that I am not desperate to be President, Vice President, or Senate President. I am desperate to see a society that can console a mother whose child has been kidnapped or killed while going to school or work. I am desperate to see a Nigeria where people will not live in IDP camps but in their homes. I am desperate for a country where Nigerian citizens do not go to bed hungry, not knowing where their next meal will come from.

Yet, despite everything, I remain resolute. I firmly believe that Nigeria can still become a country with competent leadership based on justice, compassion, and equal opportunity for all.

A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Ronan Berder @hunvreus]

Talking to smarter folks than me, I'm convinced many of the AI folks in my timeline are full of shit.

Nobody is "running 20 agents over night" and building stuff for actual users. Maybe some are building internal tools or disposable software. Maybe.

But building software people like using? That doesn't get hacked on day one or blow up after the 3rd user? Nope.

I don't even understand what that's supposed to look like. Do you work out a 57 pages document that perfectly describes what you want to build and then summon 14 agents and have them run wild for 6 hours? And what comes out on the other end isn't a broken pile of shit?

Nope. Not buying it.

PS: it may also be that I have an IQ of 82 and can't figure it out.

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

@Dominus_Kelvin @Kawesomek1 When companies pick languages for different areas, they try to pick the right one for each area. It’s a big decision for companies that run at scale down to team expertise. I picked up Python earlier this year just because of AI. My initial post had core banking backends in mind.

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

Backend should be built with languages like C#

Avoid JavaScript or Python for your backend.

[K.O.O @Dominus_Kelvin]

What’s one rule you must never break when building a FinTech app?

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

@aayodejii_ @akinkunmi .

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

Let me explain

1) Bugs: A single bug can lead to financial loss, regulatory violations and also loosing customer trust. This one is not "move fast and break things".
C#/Java gives you strong static typing and compile-time checks. With Javascript, bugs surface later.

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

@segun_os_ Here

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

Let me explain

1) Bugs: A single bug can lead to financial loss, regulatory violations and also loosing customer trust. This one is not "move fast and break things".
C#/Java gives you strong static typing and compile-time checks. With Javascript, bugs surface later.

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

@akinkunmi .

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

Let me explain

1) Bugs: A single bug can lead to financial loss, regulatory violations and also loosing customer trust. This one is not "move fast and break things".
C#/Java gives you strong static typing and compile-time checks. With Javascript, bugs surface later.

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

3) Backward compatibility, High-performance runtimes, Mature logging tracing & profiling, Mature & secure libraries etc

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

Let me explain

1) Bugs: A single bug can lead to financial loss, regulatory violations and also loosing customer trust. This one is not "move fast and break things".
C#/Java gives you strong static typing and compile-time checks. With Javascript, bugs surface later.

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

Backend should be built with languages like C#

Avoid JavaScript or Python for your backend.

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

2) Concurrency & Throughput: You want to me processing thousands of transaction per second. C#/Java gives you mature threading models and async/await deterministic behaviour.

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

@honour_can_code Fan boy? I’m pretty sure you don’t know python and javascript are older than C#.

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

@chinedu_10 Maybe not “avoid” because I wouldn’t say the same for TS, but when working on something considered delicate, you gain a lot of developer productivity.

Performance and scale data is readily available.

Team expertise is no doubt a big influence when starting a new project.

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

@MartinsOjaks @uthman_dev @Dominus_Kelvin They are not technically the same.

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

We are back to Dreamweaver?

[Cursor @cursor_ai]

You can now design directly in your codebase.

Select elements, modify them visually, and Cursor writes the code.

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

@mattiapomelli I would eliminate Opus 4.5 first. Gemini and ChatGPT look almost similar. I would pick Gemini as the winner.

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

Microsoft can give you up to $150,000 azure credit.

[Name cannot be blank @hackSultan]

So I got $100,000 from @awscloud, super thank to @CloudPlexo

AWS is partnering with startups who need support and I’m happy to help as many startups get into this, if you’re building in Africa, or The UK.
Feel free to reach out to me and I’ll be happy to set you up and connect you to the Cloudplexo team. I’m not promising you $100k ooo, credits will be allocated based on the level your startup is in.
+ If you’re migrating from a different service, there’s free technical support available also.

The major reason @AltSchoolAfrica got this is so that we can provide AWS credits to our cloud engineering students and the students who want to turn their final year products into a startups..
💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

I have got a perfect candidate for you.

[Angel Onuoha @angelonuoha7]

WE ARE HIRING A FOUNDING ENGINEER @AvelisHealth

Salary: $150,000 - $200,000
Equity: 1-3%
Referral Bonus: I will personally send you $5,000 if we hire your referral

We audit medical claims to prevent wrongful billing and reduce the cost of healthcare. This is the most meaningful work I have ever done in my life. I am looking for engineers who can't sleep at night unless they are doing something impactful.

If any of these sound like you, I want to see your application (link below):

• 3–5 years of experience as a Backend Engineer
• Former failed founder or extensive history of building side projects
• Computer nerd. You're not satisfied with vibe-coded architecture
• Somebody you know was negatively affected by the US healthcare system

[CEPHAS @cephas_ok]

55 years of NOTHING

[What a Feeling! @_SlaveInUtero]

saw this photo on flickr and tried to find the place and recreate it

1970 vs 2025

same but different