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It is nice to see the gaming industry booming in Nigeria. Maybe some other African countries might start pushing out some games too

This is a very profound interview. Well done 👏

Over 1 million players in 3 days! I asked @Shalom_HeyEliy how it happened for Lagos Life, what broke, and if she’s selling for $100,000.

You make mistakes, you learn and move on. No stopping.

First, this is some incredible work. The pace of update is such a great example of what modern software production can look like. Second, I have a really unique base of SF + Nigeria followers and they're each ships passing through the night: I see multiple posts on Naija Twitter saying this would have been a sensation if it was build out of the Valley. About 2 months ago, we had a digital twin project go viral, made by @cdngdev. (on 5.6-sol) x.com/cdngdev/status/2091909… It went viral for a few days and it subsided. Here's the chart of that spike: x.com/cdngdev/status/2102602… LagosLife is obviously much deeper (building out a full Sims-like experience vs. the GTA-like nature of the SF digital twin) and its userbase is much more engaged. It's surely built alongside a newer, Astra/Opus5.5 level model. I think the Labs should be *extremely* excited about something like this. It shows how much deeper a concept can go in frontier markets using their tools vs. the "awesome project" nature of what they saw in the US. The empowerment of technically-capable creators is global - market context is what changes it into something potentially commercial. Only time will tell if LagosLife sees a similar spike and fall like the SF project, but the absolute virality is something worth paying attention to. Again, huge congrats to the monumental work (and ship speed) of @Shalom_HeyEliy + her agents.

Somalia part is so funny 😂

Omo! There is going to be so much games to play this month 😂

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If you want to see how much of an hustler Nigerians are, just let one thing go viral, you would see several people building several variations of it.

This is insane. AI is gone

Getting to a point where you only do important work with huge impact

The most expensive sport is starting and running a business

I enjoy cluely’a content on IG so much that I don’t care about what they building 😂

🚨 META JUST UNVEILED THE VR GLASSES 100 grams on your face - about the weight of a deck of cards. Meta says it has “the best display system that we have ever made,” and people in the demo were literally saying “it is like a computer” and “you could edit a whole movie just using the table.” As Mark explained this is cinema, computer, and a game console all in one, with 3D space, virtual screens, hand occlusion, and DisplayPort over USB-C. James Cameron’s reaction is probably the best quote in the whole segment “I’m inspired by what you’ve created. I’d like to see my work in these glasses.” I am completely one shotted these look amazing!

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