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Ideas, insights, and what we are building.
Thoughts on technology, engineering, product design, and building for the future from the team at Eclipse Tech Labs.
What we learned building Soma Portal for African schools
Building a modern school management platform for the African market taught us hard lessons about infrastructure, offline resilience, and the real meaning of scale.
The future of software engineering in Africa
Africa's engineering talent is growing fast. The question is not whether we can build — but whether we build the right things, for the right reasons.
Designing Alfajiri: simplicity as a technical strategy
Why we chose simplicity over feature count when building a business operations platform for small and medium enterprises.
How we think about applied AI at Eclipse
AI is not a magic wand. We focus on practical intelligence — systems that automate real work, reduce friction, and improve outcomes without overpromising.
Why we build everything with TypeScript
TypeScript has become the backbone of our engineering stack. Here is why we chose it, and how it shapes the way we build products.
Building technology from Tanzania: why geography matters
Being based in Dar es Salaam shapes everything we build — from how we think about infrastructure to how we design for users.