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  1. Essay · Learning in Public · 06 May 2026

    Why I Build Things Before I Feel Ready

    A raw South African reflection on self-taught coding, unfinished projects, AI, resilience, and the strange psychology of building before feeling ready.

  2. Essay · Learning in Public · 31 May 2025

    JavaScript in the Trenches: Code Like Kasi Does, Think Like a Genius

    Let me begin with no filters and no fluff. We're tackling JavaScript where form follows function enough for lead engineers but is understood by your cousin in the backseat of the Quantum.

  3. Essay · Learning in Public · 28 May 2025

    Train Delays & JavaScript Delays, My Event Loop Epiphany

    Carletonville station, not exactly a hub of punctuality, is it? And that’s when it hit me, this whole damn station, this waiting, this uncertainty... it’s the JavaScript event loop, man!

  4. Essay · Learning in Public · 11 April 2025

    How I Finally Tamed Recursion (and Survived My Family Tree)

    Picture this: You're at the annual family gathering, trapped in an endless loop of cheek-pinches and 'So, what are you really doing with your life?' That, my friend, is recursion.

I TYPE, WHAT I LIKE - detailed pencil illustration of a man with glasses at a typewriter, with philosophical words on his face and the paper reading I TYPE, WHAT I LIKE

Essays, reflections, and poetry from MoAfrika Skotch Ntilane - a South African mind navigating AI, culture, systems, and modern life in real time.

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