I'm Solomon, a software engineering leader based in Lagos, Nigeria. With 10 years of experience, I specialize in building scalable systems and generative AI applications. I have a passion for architecting innovative fintech solutions and leading high-performing engineering teams to turn complex ideas into reality.
My latest thoughts and insights on engineering, leadership, and technology.
An audit control from accounting, applied to an AI coding pipeline. What happened when I stopped asking agents to behave and started removing their ability to misbehave, including the agent that quietly smuggled a junk commit onto main.
Reading a balance and then deciding is not a check, it is a guess with good manners. I graded four ledgers I had built and none of them enforced their most important rule where it actually needed enforcing.
A founder handed me a plan to reach parity with two custody companies in eleven weeks, with two engineers. The plan was not stupid. It was a category error, and it is the most common one being made in engineering planning right now.
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I build software solutions that leverage modern technologies including AI to solve complex business challenges. My focus is on creating robust, scalable systems that drive efficiency and innovation.