I officially graduated today. 🎓 Here are some things that happened at my lowest point in university.
I remember travelling alone from Kaduna to Ibadan for the first time. Taking the Kaduna–Abuja road, a route that was widely known and feared for kidnappings at the time. I was young, scared, and just trying to get to school.
I remember begging random strangers on the street for ₦500 just so I could afford to eat that day. I remember pleading with cafeteria waiters to add an extra wrap of eba so I wouldn't have to worry about finding food that evening.
I remember using a button phone for three months because my 16GB Tecno Pop 2 had a screen issue, and I couldn't afford the ₦15k repair. A friend once told me: "Other software developers are using iPhones. With all your sleepless nights, you were only able to change your button phone to another button phone." It was funny, but it hurt. Laughed out the pain as usual
I remember plucking leaves from a plant in front of Idia Hostel at night because there was nothing else to eat. Isreal, Yinka and I would use nylon bags to pluck them because touching the leaves with our bare hands always made our skin itch. Those were some nights.
I remember having to beg my fellowship for help with my school fees because after paying for accommodation, there was simply no money left.
But somehow, things began to change. I started earning enough to contribute to my own school fees and even help with my younger brothers' fees. I graduated from this university. I became a software developer and so much more. I built relationships and earned the trust of people across the world through my skills. And today, I get to look back at everything.
And that is why...
I believe your lowest point should never become your identity. Your circumstances can change. Your story can change. And the person you are today doesn't have to be the person you remain forever. If you're currently going through a season where nothing seems to be working, please keep going. One day, you might look back and realise you made it through things you once thought would break you.
I didn't just graduate with a degree. I graduated from a version of myself that had to survive so much just to get here.
I officially graduated today. 🎓 Here are some things that happened at my lowest point in university.
I remember travelling alone from Kaduna to Ibadan for the first time. Taking the Kaduna–Abuja road, a route that was widely known and feared for kidnappings at the time. I was young, scared, and just trying to get to school.
I remember begging random strangers on the street for ₦500 just so I could afford to eat that day. I remember pleading with cafeteria waiters to add an extra wrap of eba so I wouldn't have to worry about finding food that evening.
I remember using a button phone for three months because my 16GB Tecno Pop 2 had a screen issue, and I couldn't afford the ₦15k repair. A friend once told me: "Other software developers are using iPhones. With all your sleepless nights, you were only able to change your button phone to another button phone." It was funny, but it hurt. Laughed out the pain as usual
I remember plucking leaves from a plant in front of Idia Hostel at night because there was nothing else to eat. Isreal, Yinka and I would use nylon bags to pluck them because touching the leaves with our bare hands always made our skin itch. Those were some nights.
I remember having to beg my fellowship for help with my school fees because after paying for accommodation, there was simply no money left.
But somehow, things began to change. I started earning enough to contribute to my own school fees and even help with my younger brothers' fees. I graduated from this university. I became a software developer and so much more. I built relationships and earned the trust of people across the world through my skills. And today, I get to look back at everything.
And that is why...
I believe your lowest point should never become your identity. Your circumstances can change. Your story can change. And the person you are today doesn't have to be the person you remain forever. If you're currently going through a season where nothing seems to be working, please keep going. One day, you might look back and realise you made it through things you once thought would break you.
I didn't just graduate with a degree. I graduated from a version of myself that had to survive so much just to get here.
The smart move isn’t blind hype or total rejection.
It’s:
• Experiment carefully
• Lock it down properly
• Assume instability
• Stop treating early traction like maturity
OpenClaw isn’t ready for everyone yet but it’s worth watching.
OpenClaw isn’t a scam.
It’s also not the future (yet).
Most people are arguing at the extremes and both sides are missing the point.
👇
#moltbot#openclaw#Clawdbot
OpenClaw won’t magically make you money.
It won’t 10× productivity overnight.
But calling it “just hype” is lazy.
This is an incremental step a rough draft, not a finished product.
If OpenClaw survives this phase, it will mature just like early DevOps tools, crypto infra, and no-code platforms did.
The idea isn’t broken.
The expectations are.
Why the backlash feels louder than it should:
This is the messy phase.
• Security defaults aren’t solid
• Best practices don’t exist yet
• Docs lag behind features
• Users learn by misconfiguring
We’ve seen this cycle before.
Don’t get me wrong I’m not just watching from the sidelines.
I have an OpenClaw setup running on a VPS right now.
I experiment with it. Break it. Rebuild it.
And yeah I’d love to run one cleanly on a local Mac mini someday.