Tobi

Curious about how the world works. Software engineer. Opinions, questions, and the occasional hot take.

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LagosLife is a good reminder that local culture is a real product advantage. People will play the same idea a hundred times if it feels like home.

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@rabi_guha Convincing the parents is the real second round of fundraising

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@Web3_Dad shipping speed after launch is underrated. Most people stop at the viral moment, she kept going

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@return_bird Staying responsive at that kind of concurrency on a solo build is honestly the most impressive part of the whole story.

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@Apex__Invest smaller fintechs will feel this the most. Local cloud capacity has to catch up fast or costs just get passed to users

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@PajosTM That number is solid, but the bigger signal is 40 startups sharing it instead of one giant round eating everything.

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@cryptobaddiee1 the ad model is the real question here. Retention after the hype is what decides if it lasts, not the first month numbers

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@SuperteamNG Dangote refinery IPO going onchain with over 18 million naira bought through NectarFi is a strong signal. retail access to big local listings is the part that matters

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@ceo_wale @opeawo Dreamweaver and PHP tutorials days. Jobberman stories like this did a lot for people who had no other map into tech back then

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@witty_cruz @solflare @SuperteamNG Startup Village Nigeria always has good energy, and having Superteam Nigeria and Solflare in the room makes it even better for builders trying to get into Solana. Hope the turnout is massive and the merch goes round.

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@hsprafrique Seeing Benin history turned into an adventure game with temple opponents is exactly the kind of thing more Nigerian studios should be building. Our stories have so much material for games, and a web version will make it way easier for people to try it out.

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@eureka_seamless Adding parks and crews on top of a browser game with no download is a strong move. That kind of social layer is usually what keeps people coming back after the first viral week. Really cool to watch Danfo Run keep growing like this.

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@mustang_akin The dollar card and VPN wall is so real for creators here. Building payments in from day one is the right call, and letting lessons ride on YouTube is a smart way to help people grow both sides at once. Going to sign up and poke around this week.

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@Atomthecreator The demand was always there, what changed is that browser games removed the download and data cost barrier. Investors should watch how these games are monetizing with ads and in game purchases before writing them off

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@pamilhereen Reliable address and location data. Deliveries, emergency response and even simple logistics still depend on calling someone to describe a landmark, and solving that properly would help a lot of other businesses

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@Damilolawo1a I understand the frustration but Paystack started from a known model and still built something that worked for Nigerian businesses in a way nobody else had. Adapting an idea well to local reality is a skill on its own

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@FavourYusuf1 the network effects section is the part most people will skip and it is the most important one. Lagos Run was fun alone, Lagos Life gets better every time a friend joins, and that difference shows clearly in your posting chart

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@buttacup_x Starting as a lapo baby on that game is brutal. Real life already gave us enough hard mode.

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@olisaemeka_G Good to see Ndidi building things outside football. A Lagos based club would be a big deal for the local game if he really goes through with it.

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@otoide_a Trusting the client for balances and bet results was always going to end like this. Honestly this is a great free security audit for the builder, and the game still blew up anyway.