03 / Outside the code
Music arguments, competitive gaming, anime, Arsenal, and a story that’s still unfolding.
I’m an Arsenal fan. I make time for matchday. Sometimes the match follows me into the rest of my day.
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Watching Saka play for Arsenal is one of the joys of being a supporter. The talent, the courage to keep showing up, the way he carries himself — that's what I appreciate.
Bukayo Saka / official Arsenal profile ↗I connect with the emotion in her music. Then there’s Afrobeats, rap, and the occasional argument that becomes a whole software project.
My music universe ↓My Hero Academia is my favourite anime overall. Satoru Gojo is my favourite character. Yes, both things can be true.
More than just power ↓My competitive CODM era involved ambitious plans, a device upgrade and some very uncooperative internet.
The full story ↓A little perspective
“I was never obsessed with being the smartest person in the room. I just wanted to make a living doing something I genuinely love.”
There is more to my story than the work. These are the things that stay with me.
Chapters of a life
I grew up in Ibadan, Nigeria. Both my parents are practicing lawyers, and quite a few other family members are lawyers too. Sometimes it feels like almost half the family could represent the other half. Computers were the thing that caught my attention.
By 10, I was comfortable with the major Microsoft Office applications. At 12, I spent a holiday in Abuja with my dad, who enrolled me in a coding class. It was fun and interactive. I didn’t leave as an expert programmer; I left wanting to understand more.
I graduated from Valencia College in 2022 and later studied Computer Science at Bowen University in Iwo. University had its ups and downs. I consider myself an academically average student, but grades alone don’t describe what I can build. Friendships, challenges and the people around me shaped that journey.
University taught me to delegate, recognise other people’s strengths and keep showing up under pressure. Some of the people I met became my Dev Boyz teammates. Delegation isn’t weakness: it makes room for someone else’s expertise. And to Professor Oyebade, my final-year supervisor: thank you for being part of my university journey.
Explore the project ↗I competed around Tier 2 and Tier 3. First came an iPhone 11, which was later stolen, then an iPhone 12 with its 60 FPS limitations, and eventually a RedMagic 7S Pro. The upgrade helped, but I didn’t improve as much as I’d hoped. Bad internet, academics and software projects all demanded time. Honestly, I’m not even sure I would have made Tier 1. That doesn’t erase what the experience means to me. I’m not entirely giving up.
My roommates didn’t agree that Omah Lay belonged in the Afrobeats top 10. I started gathering statistics to make my case, and the work became more interesting than winning the argument. The rankings still need to be fair—even when my favourite doesn’t land where I want.
Explore the project ↗I built BlessingFoundHerBlessing for my aunt, one of my favourite people. I cared about the little details, the visuals and how special it felt. Hearing how happy she sounded when she first saw it is the part I’ll always keep.
Explore the project ↗Music / The soundtrack
ADELE / HELLO / 2015
Some music just meets you where you are. I relate deeply to the emotions she expresses. Adele gets a special place in my world.
Find Adele on Spotify ↗Sometimes a simple argument about an artist turns into a whole ranking system. That's how Afri Index found its way into my work.
Where the music arguments went ↗Part of what I like about EsDeeKid is the Scouse accent. That probably explains part of the Liverpool fascination, too.
Anime / More Than Just Power
Talent gets my attention. Growth makes me stay.
Jujutsu Kaisen
My favourite character. Limitless talent.
I've always liked naturally gifted characters, and Gojo is my favourite across anime. Also: Gojo only lost to Sukuna because of plot.
Black Clover
There’s definitely a pattern here.
Gojo, Yuno, Yuta — I've always liked naturally gifted, exceptionally talented characters. Yuno fits that pattern.
Jujutsu Kaisen
Another exceptionally gifted favourite.
Yuta is another of the naturally gifted characters I particularly like. There’s definitely a pattern in the characters that get my attention.
My Hero Academia
The growth is part of the appeal.
What makes me love Bakugo isn't just his strength. It's his character development: confronting his flaws and trying to become better.
My Hero Academia
Accountability matters, too.
Endeavor’s development is what appeals to me. Watching him confront his mistakes reminds me that it's never too late to change. That doesn't mean your past disappears.
I've always liked naturally gifted characters. Gojo, Yuno, Yuta — there's definitely a pattern there.
But Bakugo and Endeavor are different. What makes me love them isn't just their strength. It's their character development.
Watching them confront their flaws and try to become better reminds me that it's never too late to change.
That doesn't mean your past disappears. It means you can still choose who you become.
Gaming / Competitive CODM
I competed around Tier 2 and Tier 3. The ambition was there. The circumstances had other ideas.
Later stolen.
Working with 60 FPS limitations.
A better device helped. It didn’t fix everything.
I improved after the upgrade, but not as much as I hoped. Bad internet, academic commitments and software projects made it difficult to put in the time.
Looking back, I’m not even certain I would have made Tier 1. That experience still matters to me, and I’m not entirely giving up.
Football / The highs and the hurts
The result is one thing.
How I remember it is another.
Premier League / Emirates Stadium
Kai Havertz heading in Bukayo Saka’s corner had me ecstatic. It reinforced that feeling: we could finally win the Premier League.
Burnley FC match report ↗
Champions League final / Budapest
I was in an entrepreneurship exam presentation when Arsenal scored early. I left the hall and ran to the cafeteria—what felt like a kilometre—because I needed somewhere to scream and celebrate. For that first half, I really believed.
Then came the penalties. When Gabriel missed, I was angry. I felt Madueke or Zubimendi should have taken it before a centre-back. That’s my opinion as a supporter.
After the anger came real sadness. It wasn’t just rival fans mocking us. I genuinely thought we would win, and that disappointment stayed with me.
The photographs are contextual portraits from 2025, not images of these matches. Source files were AI-upscaled by the original uploader; local copies are resized and encoded as WebP.