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Alternative Building Materials in Kenya: The Illusion of Cost Savings
Recently I started pricing materials for my own personal build. I was convinced there was a smarter route than the standard stone-and-block shell: a cheaper material, a cleverer system, a gap in the market. What I found instead is that the Kenyan market is very good at pricing risk, and every shortcut I tried came…
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What Sherlock Holmes, Watson, and Moriarty Teaches Us About Robust Design
I The Deductive Engine and Its Blind Spots I am usually a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes, both as a character, and his deductive theoretical framework — the science of deduction. Holmes is typically discussed as a character, but his utility is not just drawn from the original implementation as his author intended, but also…




