The Silicon Valley Stack Doesn’t Work Here: Why Africa Will Lead the Post-Bloat Web | by Paul Allies | Dec, 2025 | Medium
https://paulallies.medium.com/the-silicon-valley-stack-doesnt-work-here-why-africa-will-lead-the-post-bloat-web-e7c34b577c61
While the West builds for the 1%, Africa has the opportunity — and the necessity — to lead the world in building for the next billion users. We don’t need to catch up to their bloated standards; we need to leapfrog them. By embracing a “back-to-basics” approach — prioritising Server-Side Rendering (SSR), lightweight libraries, and “Offline-First” architectures — Africa can become the global hub for the sustainable, lean web.
How Big Tech’s AI labor supply chain relies on hidden African workers - Rest of World
https://restofworld.org/2025/big-tech-ai-labor-supply-chain-african-workers/
New data reveals the hidden network of African workers powering AI, as they push for transparency from the global companies that employ them indirectly.
What's Wrong With #FirstWorldProblems - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/11/whats-wrong-with-firstworldproblems/248829
But, for inchoate reasons, I have come to dislike it when people tweet #firstworldproblems. I could not identify what irked me about it, but there was something.