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Kwabena
@kobsthegreat.bsky.social
👨🏿‍💻 Building asemlocal.com | Product-focused Software Engineer by day #buildinpublic
🤩Keen learner and passionate about the whole creative process
📍Canberra, Australia
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One of my favourite things is reading with my daughter in our little nook 💙📚
Today, I picked up “Smart Startups” from our local library, and she chose “Bedtime for Cranky Crab”.

It’s safe to say our reading tastes are shell-shocking different!
#booksky
One thing about me is that I love to learn and share knowledge within the community. Presented at my first virtual meetup this year with developers from all over the world, talking about all things Search and RAG applications. I loved the engagement and it was a lot of fun.
#buildinpublic
February 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Ask me anything about diversity in tech
#buildinpublic #ama
February 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Finally happy with the basic user management and onboarding flow I’ve been building over the past number of weeks for asem! Now putting in place some final security measures!

The cyber attacks on DeepSeek is a gentle reminder to keep security in mind when building your MVP!

#buildinpublic
January 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
30mins! That’s the amount of time it took me to onboard a local cake business onto asemlocal.com.

I am getting close to automating this whole process so I can open it up to more amazing small businesses for locals to discover!
#smallbusiness #supportlocal
January 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Now this story telling is very well done. How did it make me feel comfortable chilling in the bad guy’s neighbourhood ? 😅

#virtualphotography #gaming
January 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Keen to know if you’re leveraging GenAI in your product. What’s been your experience ?
#buildinpublic
Yea you’re right, I’ve been using their llama models locally to plan for moderation on the app I’m building so I’d be surprised if the meta team aren’t leveraging AI that way already. Maybe fact checking became too expensive or unreliable ?
The memes crack me up though 😂
January 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
These Zuckerberg memes are getting out of hand 🤣

Has any social platform really cracked moderation effectively that can satisfy 3 billion+ people ?
January 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I want to finish the main story but I keep getting distracted by the art and side missions
#virtualphotography #gaming
January 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I too would like to know because SEO has been an after thought for me so far. I’ve just been focused on trying to build something valuable that people will organically share around, but I’m starting to learn from folks on BlueSky that there’s another game to be played.
Just starting my #SEO journey!

#BuildInPublic - What tools, guides, or strategies helped you when you were getting started?

Free resources are a big plus for now 😅

Also, how do you go about finding good #keywords?
Let’s Chat 💬
January 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I’m constantly battling between building the minimum features and the fully rich experience 😭

This user management flow has been a headache! It’s one I want to get right because I too love a smooth onboarding experience.
#buildinpublic
January 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Love to see more people on our walking track this time of the year!

I think to myself: I might not see you again in a couple of weeks, but the fact that you’ve made an effort is a win in my books!

Reminder to carve out time to take care of yourself✌🏿
January 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#buildinpublic which SMTP email service would you recommend in 2025 ? Looking to hook one up for my signup flow 🙏🏿
January 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Ok this story just got a little interesting! Shoutout to the voice actors on this one!

#virtualphotography
January 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Our community showed up to welcome the New Year! 🎆

Drop your flag if you’re already in 2025!

I know a number of people are still lagging behind 🤣
January 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Happy New Year to all of you on BlueSky!! 🥳 🎆

2025 let’s get it!
December 31, 2024 at 1:19 PM
My 2024 highlights with no restrictions to a niche!

Number 3: Reef wonders

Toured the Great Barrier Reef and learned that marine plants produce more oxygen than the Amazon rainforest 🤯
The waters are out of this world! I’m now on a side mission to learn to scuba dive 🤿
December 31, 2024 at 12:41 AM
My 2024 highlights with no restrictions to a niche!

Number 2: Four Continents, One Team

I met my team for the first time in Prague and it was a blast! I work for a remote-first company.

If I ever build a startup, it’ll probably be remote first, only because I’ve experienced it done really well.
December 29, 2024 at 4:50 AM
After spending some time in the arena, I’ve come to appreciate the combat mechanics even more! I feel the story is at its dull point at the moment so hoping it picks up soon!
#virtualphotography
December 28, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Is buying a website domain name an investment ? The numbers I’m hearing are crazy!
Turns out negotiating for an existing domain name requires a minimum offer of $10K USD ?!! 🤯
Let me find out my nearest Squid Game drop off point.

#buildinpublic
December 28, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Turns out negotiating for an existing domain name requires a minimum offer of $10K USD ?!! 🤯
Let me find out my nearest Squid Game drop off point.

#buildinpublic
December 28, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Is anyone else not seeing the trending topics feature ? Starting to think it’s region based.
December 27, 2024 at 12:29 PM
My 2024 highlights with no restrictions to a niche!

Number 1: Stepping into the Spotlight

Earlier in the year, I entertained the masses with smooth dance moves, sharing a style that is underrepresented on my side of the planet.

Hard work, but I learned so much about putting myself out there.
December 27, 2024 at 10:00 AM
🎉 Onboarded a new small business to the platform I’m building for the community - this time a massage studio: asem.au/b/capitalhil...

Things are still a bit manual on my end but I hope to roll out my first iteration of a signup process early in the new year!

#buildinpublic #smallbusiness
December 27, 2024 at 7:27 AM
🎄Ho ho ho Merry Christmas to y’all on the other half of the planet!
🎁 It’s Boxing Day here but this was a bit of my day:

✅ Hugged my family
✅ Realised we bought the boring version of Codenames
✅ Challenged by my daughter to a sprint
✅ Ate delicious cuisines from Ghana
✅ Danced to APT.
🧵
December 26, 2024 at 12:17 AM
I caught myself wanting to use a big screen for an important purchase today. Is this a millennial trait ?
December 23, 2024 at 8:07 AM