Seun Akanni

How I got into Tech

Dec 21, 20204 min read

It all started when I got into college. I was fortunate to have applied to study computer science at Yaba College of Technology. I never really understood what "computer science" was when I applied, I was fascinated at the fact that it involved compu...

Structuring Reactjs / Nextjs Applications

Aug 22, 20204 min read

In a collaborative environment, while building web applications, the overall project structure and directory management could be a great deal to how your teammates would love working with you on the project and also how it makes them think less navig...

Checking if string is an ObjectId in MongoDB using Mongoose

Jul 8, 20201 min read

Problem Using mongoose.Types.ObjectId.isValid to check if an ObjecId is valid and not a random string will return TRUE for any string of 12 bytes, this could be catastrophic. Solution To solve this, I suggest you create a new ObjectId using the stri...

Adding dark mode to a static website.

Mar 18, 2020

Since Twitter dark mode came up, I just loved the idea behind dark mode. I have switched all my applications that supports dark mode, so I decided to add it to my portfolio . I am sure if you are reading this article, you probably have worked on you...

Retroly, a fun simple tool for agile retrospectives.

Mar 10, 2020

As the world shift into focusing more on remote-work, I and a friend (Biyi) built Retroly to help, teams that practise agile methodologies to make impactful retrospective, also help teams with sprint plannings and idea generation. Here is a quick in...