sean

writes code which ends up being cool products
plays EA FC
occasionally touches grass
mid-level yapper

[sean @itsbarakasean]

@jzlegion 🚀🚀 congrats Jz

[Rank Jay @RankJay1]

Extremely cracked team is looking for exceptional engineers to join their team!!

[sean @itsbarakasean]

@WarriorRapid @StanleyMasinde_ I noticed its part of the FCU😬

[sean @itsbarakasean]

@nyagoh_ @Aluta_ke @mbiti_mwondi Yoh, this is really good..

[sean @itsbarakasean]

@kaka_ruto Hebu once it out, ping me, seems quite interesting

[sean @itsbarakasean]

@tommaxxing I wonder how long it might take for them to become their 'own' identities

[sean @itsbarakasean]

startup idea

social media, but for your Sentience

👀

[Sam K @sam_kececi]

We’re announcing Sentience out of closed beta today.

Your Sentience is your digital twin. It looks, sounds, and writes like you, and it operates autonomously.

This is our first milestone in our quest towards uploaded consciousness.

[sean @itsbarakasean]

@sam_kececi sick💯

[sean @itsbarakasean]

I feel one of these fine days, someone is going to land on a avery good use case for AI in our local market

and I mean "really good"

early mpesa days type of "really good"

[Droid @droid254]

Last weekend I got bored opened Claude design and made a cool website complete with a working backend CMS... And a database with AI features but got rid of those later

[sean @itsbarakasean]

@thekitze @evanyou

[sean @itsbarakasean]

@theo C'mon Theo, you know the truth deep down...

[sean @itsbarakasean]

Okay, I need to be stopped, I just attempted to clone uber's live map updates.

this is react native + @expo + @Mapbox

I am enjoying myself more than I should

this is crazyyy👀😂

[sean @itsbarakasean]

Built a cool little app
Me: "eh, maybe 2-3 friends will test it lol"

Dashboard 3days later: 86.1K requests

Now I'm just praying it's users... and not one guy repeatedly spamming the error endpoint 😭💀

(it's doing numbers tho 👀)

[sean @itsbarakasean]

@StanleyMasinde_ for those building around mpesa (and basically anything that involves you getting http callback responses) feel free to try out this tool that I am working on.
https://t.co/YUrB3CppYB

[Expo @expo]

Another great 𝝠 Expo app.

[sean @itsbarakasean]

I mean, lets not pretend these improvents are some sort of a silver bullet.
AI's a tool, not a revolution. My two cents

[sean @itsbarakasean]

Sure — but let’s not ignore the flip side. Some of the worst things could happen if we don’t tread carefully.

A quick thread:
1/7

[RO @bidah]

React Native + AI combo will push the mobile app development space to new heights. Mark my words.

[sean @itsbarakasean]

6. The Icarus Effect
Tech moves fast, but flying too close to the sun burns.
AI tools should augment developers — not replace thinking, experience, or discipline.
Hype is cool. But solid engineering still wins.
7/7

[sean @itsbarakasean]

5. False Confidence
AI feels magical — until it isn’t.
Just because the code compiles doesn’t mean it’s correct. Relying too much on AI suggestions can lead to silent failures in production.
6/7

[sean @itsbarakasean]

4. Devalued Developers
If AI handles basic tasks, what happens to junior and mid-level devs?
There’s a real risk companies start treating them as “optional.” That’s bad for talent growth.
5/7