Most developers don't design, most designers don't code. I do both.
About
background
I'm a full-stack developer and designer based in Blantyre, Malawi, finishing a BSc in ICT at Malawi School of Government. Since 2024 I've worn a lot of hats: co founder and CTO at Cichlify, developer at Syszar building a royalty-tracking app for the Copyright Society of Malawi, a backend internship at SmartBit Consulting, and most recently ICT Officer at Montessori College of Education. On the side, I do freelance creative work :motion graphics, posters, logos, video editing.
motivators
I like owning a project start to finish from the first architecture sketch to deployment, to watching real people use it. My dissertation, EventChain, is proof: a Flutter ticketing app that pairs a blockchain with image steganography through C++ FFI. I'm also hooked on the startup world, where a rough idea becomes a product. Right now I'm getting comfortable with Go, sketching a general-purpose compression algorithm, and planning to pick up illustration next.
philosophy
Build it, break it, fix it. Design and code are two halves of the same job. Write things down my whole workflow lives in Obsidian. Keep it simple until it can't be. Ship, then refine. Sweat the details nobody notices, because someone eventually does.
education
BSc, Information and Communication Technology, Malawi School of Government (2021 – 2026).
Hard Skills
Mobile Development
- Flutter and Dart
- Riverpod state management
- C++ FFI native integrations
- cross-platform (iOS and Android)
Web and Full-Stack
- SvelteKit
- TypeScript and JavaScript
- React
- Node.js and Express
- PocketBase
- PostgreSQL
Backend and Systems
- Go (still learning)
- C++
- C#
- RESTful API design
- gRPC API Design (In Progress)
Design
- motion graphics
- poster and logo design
- video editing
- UI/UX design
Tools and Deployment
- Git
- GitHub Actions (CI/CD)
- cPanel and VPS management
- Draw.io
- Obsidian
- Cloudflare
Work
- portfolio
The bigger builds, with the story behind each one: EventChain, Autoresearcher, a royalty tracking app for COSOMA, a file portal for Montessori College. What I set out to build, what broke along the way, what shipped.
- writing
Notes to self that turned into posts things I learned the hard way building with Flutter, SvelteKit, Go, among other technologies.
- side projects
Things I build because I want to: SvelteKit editors, small tools, the occasional motion piece.
Other Details
Seeking
Full-stack and mobile development roles, or product and UI design work.
Open To
Remote work, relocation, and postgraduate study
Most Recent Role
ICT Officer at Montessori College of Education
Previously
Co-founder and CTO at Cichlify (2024 – 2026)
Currently Exploring
Go backends and compression algorithms
Next Up
Illustration, alongside my motion and design work
Based In
Blantyre, Malawi
Time Zone
Central Africa Time (CAT, UTC+2)
Elsewhere
Contact
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