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Adaobi Osakwe
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Mad Hatter

What I need right now is to fall down a rabbit hole. Take a drink that makes me smaller than the table I was level with. Eat a cake that makes me taller than the average giant and never be the ‘right’ height. I need to find the mad hatter…

Poetry

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Mad Hatter
Mad Hatter
Poetry

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Nov 8, 2022

Number 27

I have never been a drinker but tonight, there will be wine. I am within an inch of scratching out my eyeballs because I am neck-deep in bugs, but I need my eyes. I like my eyes. I think they are kind eyes. I wish they were an interesting shade…

Late Twenties

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Number 27
Number 27
Late Twenties

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Jun 5, 2022

Algorithm and Data-structures for Frontend Engineers

Algorithms and data structures are a fancy way to talk about how we store and organize data and the steps we take to solve problems involving this data. …

Frontend

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Frontend

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Mar 11, 2022

Fart and Where they Come From

Who else feels like 24 hours is not enough? Who else folds in half and goes to sleep on some days from the exasperation of everything that they are yet to do? Who else has so much to do but still feel like they can take on more tasks even…

Kenya

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Fart and Where they Come From
Fart and Where they Come From
Kenya

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Mar 3, 2021

When a mad man is coming down the road

When a mad man is coming down the road, you avert your eyes or put your head down. You remember all the terrible stories you have heard of mad people over the years. The one that the church teacher once used to illustrate why you should never wear low cut…

Fiction

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When a mad man is coming down the road
When a mad man is coming down the road
Fiction

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Feb 13, 2021

FORM VALIDATION AND ERROR HANDLING ON THE FRONTEND

In this year’s Frontstack event, I talked about From Validation and best practices for handling errors on the Frontend. I felt like I was the best person to give that talk because I work as a Frontend Developer and I have to build a form all the time. I’m not…

Frontend

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FORM VALIDATION AND ERROR HANDLING ON THE FRONTEND
FORM VALIDATION AND ERROR HANDLING ON THE FRONTEND
Frontend

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Feb 12, 2021

Transitioning from React Class Components to React Hooks; Using Redux with React Hooks

This article has been a long time coming. I have been meaning to write this for a while now and somehow, I have been procrastinating but I finally overcame and here it is! Disclaimer: This article assumes that you have already been working with React Class Components. With the introduction…

Reactjs

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Transitioning from React Class Components to React Hooks; Using Redux with React Hooks
Transitioning from React Class Components to React Hooks; Using Redux with React Hooks
Reactjs

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Jan 21, 2021

How to Make Skeleton Loaders

I am not even sure when Medium switched to using Skeleton Loaders, but they do now. Facebook, Instagram, XendFinance. It is beautiful. It makes your site look like it is loading faster than it actually is and very easy to make. Don’t believe me? Let’s make one! You can check…

Skeleton Loaders

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How to Make Skeleton Loaders
How to Make Skeleton Loaders
Skeleton Loaders

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Dec 19, 2020

How to start saving on Xend Finance

Over the past few weeks, the Xend finance team has put out so much information on the whys and hows - How is Xend Finance different from the other saving platforms? How is it better? Why DeFi? Why Build on the Binance Smart Chain? How do I get started? On…

Xend Finance

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How to start saving on Xend Finance
How to start saving on Xend Finance
Xend Finance

6 min read


Jun 2, 2020

It’s in the little things

I remember one day in Shoprite amidst giggles from other girls and the raucous laughter of men. I was discussing with a love interest. I was telling him that one out of five women in Nigeria has been called an Ashawo at one point in her life. He shook his…

Rape

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It’s in the little things
It’s in the little things
Rape

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Adaobi Osakwe

Adaobi Osakwe

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