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Types of SEO Backlinks That Actually Move Rankings

Backlinks are votes from other sites. This post sorts link types from junk to worth paying for, with two cases where the usual rules do not apply.

May 26, 202611 min read

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Cross-Platform Libraries and When to Use Each

React Native, Flutter, Ionic, Electron, and the rest share one goal. Ship on more than one platform without maintaining completely separate codebases. Here is how they differ in practice.

May 27, 202613 min read

SEO in 2025 When Search Is Not Just Google

May 27, 202614 min read

How I'd Run SEO on a New Website

May 27, 202614 min read

What SEO and AEO Are and When to Use Each

SEO gets you ranked in Google. AEO gets you named when ChatGPT or Google AI answers a question. Here is what each one is, how they differ, and what to do first.

May 27, 202612 min read

'Modern Web Design Styles 2026

A comprehensive guide to 100+ modern web design styles, from Brutalism to AI-native UX. Understand what each style is, when to use it, and what makes it distinctive.

May 19, 202640 min read

I tested every AI coding tool I could get my hands on and here's what I found out

May 18, 20269 min read

Different Ways to Build a Website in 2026

May 17, 202622 min read

AI Tools for Building Apps in 2026

A practical comparison of Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, v0, Bolt, Base44, and more. Pricing, trade-offs, and who each tool fits.

How to Build a High-Converting Landing Page

Microservices Architecture Explained for Beginners

May 16, 202614 min read

Mobile App Development Companies in South Africa

Software Development Companies in South Africa (2026)

A buyer-focused map of 45+ South African software development companies by category, plus how to choose a partner and when a senior custom build beats agency overhead.

What a Technical Co-founder Costs in South Africa (2026)

May 16, 202613 min read

Typical Software Systems Small Businesses in South Africa Need

May 16, 202614 min read

Design

Web Design Companies in South Africa

A practical directory of web design companies in South Africa, when to hire design-only vs design-and-build, and how to avoid pretty mockups that never ship.

May 16, 202616 min read

Web Development Companies in South Africa

May 16, 202617 min read

What Is Application Development?

Application development covers mobile, web, and desktop software built for a specific job. Types, stacks, and how to scope custom apps in South Africa.

May 16, 202611 min read

Junior-Built MVPs are Quietly Killing Startups

The Junior Dev Lottery is the biggest runway risk for SA founders. Rebuilding a junior MVP often costs 3× the first build. Here's the math.

May 15, 202610 min read

Personal

What MIDA and Kholo Kingdom Taught Me About Faith

May 15, 20268 min read

Culture

Xhosa meaningful people name ideas

April 30, 20269 min read

Memory, replay, and the senses we can actually think with (opinion)

April 29, 20265 min read

April 18, 202612 min read

Ntsikana was a sellout

A critical reading of Ntsikana in the colonial frontier moment: pacification, psychological disarmament, and why impact matters more than intention.

History

Names from the Bulhoek Massacre: A Hospital List I Was Never Supposed to Find

April 17, 20268 min read

April 17, 202614 min read

History

The Prophet of Pacification Ntsikana and how he Sold Out the Xhosa People

The Philosophy of the Event Loop

A JavaScript-flavored reflection on how your inner runtime stays clear and present by never blocking the main thread, offloading heavy tasks to the background, and gracefully resolving the promises of growth without freezing the now.

April 16, 20266 min read

The Philosophy of the Garden

April 16, 20265 min read

April 16, 202615 min read

Culture

Qwabi Family History — Tracing the Roots of the AmaQithi Clan from the Eastern Cape

You Are Not Restarting. You Are Updating

April 16, 20266 min read

April 15, 202612 min read

Documentation-First AI Builds with Cursor, Grok and PRDs

Stop burning AI credits on guesswork. A documentation-first vibe coding workflow (PRD, business logic, constraints, tech stack, Grok master prompts, and Cursor /docs planning) for fewer iterations and cleaner architecture.