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Intentional Discomfort as a Tool
There are stories of Elon Musk sleeping on the floor in his office, sometimes on a couch. I think he uses it as a tool to avoid becoming too comfortable and losing his m…
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High Concentration of Intelligent People in One place
There is a phenomenon I’ve observed throughout my life, and the more I work on ambitious projects, the more convinced I become of it: never underestimate what can happen…
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The public mission schools problem
At The Hope Journey, we have always held to a clear principle: we are a Christian missionary organization, and we do not take funding from groups whose values conflict w…
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The Becoming Season
There is a time for everything — a time for peace and a time for war, a time for happiness and a time for excitement. — Ecclesiastes 3:1, 3:8 I believe every great perso…
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Why data
I still remember the first time I stumbled upon the power of data. It was 2017, and I was building my first PHP project. It was an inventory system for a university depa…
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Theory: The Idea of Things
Two weeks ago, I was having a conversation with a colleague about why things just don’t get done in Africa. He said something that struck me deeply: “We like the idea of…
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is simply the ability of computers to do tasks as humans would. I've heard about AI throughout my education in computer science, but I never real…
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Why Hope Journey?
There's a story of Steve Jobs' NeXT days before his remarkable comeback at Apple when he was contemplating coming back to Apple or running his NeXT and Pixar at the time…
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Transfer from Mampong, Exit notes
On September 7, 2025. The church organized a send-off service for the family and it was grand. It was great and most importantly it was quite emotional. The place we've …
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