Olu’s Essays

What would I do differently if I knew the life of someone close to me was coming to an end?

What do you do when you realise you missed some of the ordinary things everyone else seems to know? Starting with efficiently tying your shoelace?

A low-budget therapist's guide to leaving your comfort zone, motivated entirely by sushi.

If you ask me, na who I go ask?

Is home a place, a person, or a feeling? After years of packing my life into boxes, here is where I’m at.

One-sided conversations and the myth of the altruistic listener...

If to love is to see and be seen, what does it mean if I have not even learned how to see myself?

A chaotic Sunday spent with friends.

What the opening line of Lost Stars by Chimeka Garricks did to me then, and how it still feels, four years later.

On what would have been his 24th birthday, I tell the story of my brother Popo, the brilliant, annoying, curious boy you never got to meet.

Reminiscing about how a casual conversation turned into a full-blown talk about digital sovereignty and why we should all make more simple conversations.

A love letter about passion, and the joy of speaking and living with wholehearted intensity.

I outsourced my seat choice to AI (Google Gemini) and somehow ended up on the big screen and then in VIP. Coincidence? Maybe not.

A reflection on family, long phone calls, and the voices that make life brighter

A personal reflection on rediscovering reading and how books capture emotions in ways movies can’t.

We are beginning to stereotype writing the way we stereotype people. From 'AI words' like delve to racial bias, we are beginning to stereotype writing the way we stereotype people. This essay explores how prejudice quietly takes root both linguistically or racially.

A look into automating documentation tasks, comparing docs-as-code and WYSIWYG tools, and what it means for technical writers.

Repetitive tasks, reclaiming lost time, and how they connect to a future with intelligent machines

Having retired Moerayo.com and moved to WriterWhoCodes.com, a new name that better reflects what I do - writing and coding, this piece shares the story behind the change.

A personal reflection on the slow, awkward, and sometimes difficult reality of making friends as a migrant, where adult friendship can feel like dating

A sarcastic but painfully honest take on why developers avoid documentation and why they probably shouldn’t. From AI hallucinations to debugging disasters, this personal essay explores the real reasons to stop fumbling around and start reading the docs.

A note about the joy and guilt of binge-watching shows, falling down Wikipedia rabbit holes, and grappling with the uncomfortable truths behind beloved characters.

Switch from Hasura to a schema-first federation model with Grafbase. Includes a complete walkthrough, tool setup, schema migration, and production deployment.

From Netflix to Salesforce, subscription businesses are booming. Discover how payment orchestration with Juspay can optimize subscription-based businesses

What began as simple notes while building my portfolio has evolved into a blog post in which I share my motivation for finally creating a portfolio, choosing Astro & concerns about our choice of tools for building simple solutions.

Hacktoberfest isn’t just for developers! This article highlights 5 OSS projects where you can contribute through low or no-code tasks like documentation, design, and community support.

Vite or Next.js? Discover which tool suits your project best. Learn about features, use cases, and performance to make an informed decision.

Learn how Astro's static-first approach and island architecture make it a standout choice for developers seeking high performance and flexibility.

Understand APIs' roots from their beginnings to the sophisticated tools they are today.

This article explores TypeScript from the ground up to understand its benefits, which have prompted its ever-growing usage in the developer community.

This guide explores the advantages and potential pitfalls of GraphQL.

This guide explores a use case demonstrating content integration from Federate This using GraphQL.

Learn how to use Netlify functions with Neon serverless driver.

Add your data and swiftly generate an invoice using Xata and Cloudinary

This guide shows how to build a file explorer using Xata in Vue.js

Learn how to build an image editing tool that allows uploading, transforming and downloading images using Vue.js and Xata

Unlock CSP''s web security role. Explore error insights, resolution tips, and the balance between security and functionality in robust applications.

Learn how to use Appwrite's realtime features to build a Nuxt app that tracks and monitors health data in real-time

Did you know that creating a complex form can be progressively enhanced using some Vue features like the v-for and the v-model? Learn more in this article.

Learn how to authenticate a Nuxt.js application using Appwrite's Facebook OAuth provider.

Step-by-step guide on adding access control to a Nuxt.js dashboard using Appwrite permissions features.

Add your data and generate a CV using Xata and Cloudinary

Keep your users engaged by adding a waitlist feature in your Vue application using  Xata and Cloudinary

Simplify authentication for users in Nuxt.js using a Magic URL and Mailgun

In the second part of this series, send and encrypt messages in the chat app built with Nuxt.

In the first part of this series, learn how to set up, authenticate, and manage a user account to build an encrypted chat app.

A guide on authenticating a Nuxt3 application using Appwrite's LinkedIn OAuth provider.

Learn how to authenticate a Nuxt.js application using Appwrite's GitHub OAuth provider.

Java and JavaScript, are they the same? Learn the differences between the two programming languages beyond the name.

Learn how to enhance video audio quality in Nuxt.js

Handle text detection in Nuxt.js using Cloudinary Optical Character Recognition

A guide on creating custom concert tickets in Nuxt.js using Cloudinary

Using Cloudinary, learn to create music art covers with AI in Nuxt.js

Learn how to create a custom meetup banner in Nuxt.js that fits your design.

A guide on creating a contact card barcode generator in Nuxt.js

Ever wish to paint like Michelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci? Learn how to do that using Cloudinary's neural style transfer

Learn how to create shipping label barcodes in Nuxt.js

Create an infinite image gallery scroll with the Intersection Observer API.

A guide on building an E-commerce solution using Auth0 to manage authentication and Cloudinary for manaing assets.

Margin, together with content, padding, and border, make up the core concepts of the box model. Learn all about margin in this guide.

All HTML elements can have attributes and these attributes can either add functionality or modification. Learn more in this guide.

Nietzsche said, ''he who has a why can bear almost any how'', does his words also hold true in the world of programming or just other aspects of life?