Reflection

What can happen with time

By Moses Mubangizi · Published 1 July 2026 · 1 min read · Last updated 1 July 2026

What can happen with time

Six months ago I had a portfolio with no projects on it. Mise was a note on my phone. Farmojo was a conversation about how everything on the farm runs on WhatsApp.

Now Mise has 17 database migrations, bilingual support, purchase orders, delivery verification, inventory tracking, and a payment system. Farmojo has AI in the chat, voice transcription, photo analysis, and morning briefings.

No breakthrough moment. Just days. Come home from the kitchen. Open the laptop. Work on whatever is next. Close it. Sleep. Repeat.

2-3 hours a night. No team. No funding. No CS degree. A full-time job that ends at 11pm and a direction that would not leave me alone.

I also had AI. Could not have built at this pace without it. But AI does not show up at midnight and decide what to build next. It does not know which feature matters because it has never stood in a kitchen wondering why the ordering system makes everything harder. That part is mine.

Six months is not a long time. But it is long enough to go from nothing to something real if you do not stop.

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Moses Mubangizi, chef and developer in Riyadh
Moses Mubangizi
Chef de Partie in Riyadh with 10 years in East African and Gulf kitchens. Builds software for kitchens — Mise (restaurant procurement) and other products. Work with Moses.