Archive - Dominique’s mailing list

Robots and Runway

Finished freelancing. Now spending a month learning about robotics.

May 23 •

January 2025

A review after one year of freelancing

This is post I wished I could have read a year ago.

Jan 29 •

August 2024

Moving from freelancing to ideating in July

What we've worked on in the last 5 weeks and how this changes how I think about ideation.

Aug 7, 2024 •

April 2024

How I automated quality assurance of pizzas in three weeks

I built my first edge computer vision system. I share what I built and how you can save time creating similar tools.

Apr 26, 2024 •

March 2024

GrannyMail is now in open beta

I built a WhatsApp chatbot to turn voice memos into physical letters without leaving the chat. You're invited to try it (for free).

Mar 18, 2024 •

February 2024

January in review

A review of the first full-time month working on own projects and freelancing

Feb 29, 2024

January 2024

Academic Realities: Lessons Learnt at NeurIPS

I published my thesis at NeurIPS but found something other than inspiration

Jan 10, 2024 •

November 2023

The best African city to start a company

An overview of the big tech hubs in Africa - written from the Norrsken House in Kigali

Nov 10, 2023 •

Shelving data annotation in Sierra Leone and launching Palta Labs

Focussing on a problem first approach and and ML agency

Nov 3, 2023 •

August 2023

Webflow farms in Sierra Leone

A digital education idea leveraging income arbitrage

Aug 4, 2023 •

June 2023

No shortcuts to the Maslow pyramid

A better system for impact than NGOs

Jun 13, 2023 •

May 2023

Suckers for security

We need to grow a thicker skin and take a more long-term view of our life

May 2, 2023 •

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