I run two companies from Guinea: Kalinko Labs (software) and Kalinko Store (laptops for students at 40-60% below market). Before that, I built loan platforms for a NYC fintech and analytics tools for an asset manager.
This is where I write about tech, philosophy and startups.
My job is now crafting tickets that a team of agents can build on their own. Each agent picks up a slice, builds it, and proves it end to end, with nobody stepping in. Here are the rules a ticket has to follow for that to work, and what the reviewers caught that I wouldn't have.
Claude Code · AI · Engineering Process · Developer Tools
A neural network is a function with adjustable parameters. Training measures the error, computes gradients, and nudges the parameters. I walk through it with a toy laptop-price model: loss, gradient descent with real numbers, backpropagation, overfitting, and a 10-line script you can run.
AI · Machine Learning · Neural Networks
Not every AI decision deserves the same amount of computation. System 1 and System 2 are a useful analogy for splitting the work between a fast model, a policy, and a slower investigation. Here is how I think about the split, where it breaks, and why confidence alone should never route a case.
AI · Machine Learning · System Design
A modular, API-first suite enabling independent CRM, e-signature, and e-commerce services.
Guinea · API · CRM · E-commerce · Modular
A centralized digital identity solution enabling secure access to government services.
Guinea · GovTech · Digital Identity · Authentication · Cybersecurity
A digital wallet and checkout platform simplifying payments across all local payment sources.
Guinea · Fintech · Payments · API · Startup
A flexible, API-first Learning Management System backend designed for Guinea's education sector.
Guinea · EdTech · API · Education · LMS
Built the core lending system for a fintech that became TBO Bank.
Fintech · Laravel · Vue.js · Payments