Long-form podcast about all things life, family, friends, relationship, faith, spirituality, tech, design, career and so much more. I am your host Dagmawi Babi, and I am a Believer of Christ and a Creative Developer. Hope you enjoy the show!
Jack Rhysider — Upbringing, Career, Faith, Hacking, Darknet Diaries, Cybersecurity
This is my conversation with Jack, one of the most well known people in the cybersecurity and hacking community and the host of the Darknet Diaries Podcast (arguably the number one cybsersec podcast there is) Jack is also an anonymous and highly private individual. Not a lot of people know what he looks like and he often wears a hat and a bandana when in public that's why this's an audio only episode.Jack is a cybersecurity professional and the creator of the highly acclaimed podcast Darknet Diaries, which focuses on true stories about hacking, data breaches, and cybercrime. Before launching his podcast, Jack spent over a decade working in network security, specializing in securing and analyzing network equipment and also built a Security Operations Center (SOC) using a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system to detect network threats.
9 Apr 2025
Emre Varol — Upbringings, Faith, Career, Hobbies, A2SV, Incubation, Eskalate and more
This is my conversation with Emre, the founder and CEO of the non-profit organization known as Africa to Silicon Valley. A2SV is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a sustainable tech ecosystem in Africa by empowering the continent’s brightest minds.
Since its inception, A2SV has trained over 800 students from 20 African countries, equipping them with world-class software engineering skills and connecting them to global opportunities at companies like Google, Palantir, Databricks, Bloomberg, and Meta. Beyond education, A2SV fosters innovation through its incubator, where graduates develop cutting-edge digital solutions addressing Africa’s most pressing challenges.
In this episode we talk about Emre's childhood, hobbies, faith, relationships, early career, A2SV, AI, Open-source, and so much more. Enjoy the conversation!
31 Mar 2025
Cameron Pak — Upbringings, Faith, Career, Hobbies, Faith Tools, WisePhone and more
This is my conversation with Cameron, one of the most well known and influential people in the christian tech community. We talk about his childhood, hobbies, faith, relationships, early career, faith tools, WisePhone 2, and so many more of his amazing projects. Enjoy the conversation!
12 Mar 2025
Tadas Petra — Upbringings, Faith, Career, Hobbies, Flutter, Google Expert, Hungrimind and more
This is my conversation with Tadas, one of the most well known and influential people in the flutter community. We talk about his childhood, hobbies, faith, relationships, early career, flutter, and his new educational company called Hungrimind.
Enjoy the conversation!
27 Feb 2025
Guillermo Rauch — Upbringings, Education, Career, NextJS, Vercel, V0, Advises and More
Guillermo is a prominent entrepreneur and the founder of Vercel and creator of NextJS, the most popular web framework. He has played a significant role in shaping Vercel into one of the fastest-growing companies in the tech industry. This is my conversation with him.
Enjoy!
12 Feb 2025
Akshay Kothari — Upbringings, Education, Career, Notion, Advises and More
Episode 11
Akshay Kothari
Co-founder of Notion
Akshay is a prominent entrepreneur and the co-founder of Notion, a highly regarded productivity software platform. He has played a significant role in shaping Notion into one of the fastest-growing companies in the tech industry
Before co-founding Notion, he graduated from Stanford University, where he was involved in developing the Pulse app during his final year. Later he served as the Vice President of Product at LinkedIn for over five years. His journey at LinkedIn began after his previous company, Pulse, was acquired by LinkedIn in 2013. This is my conversation with him.
Enjoy!
11 Dec 2024
Jamon Holmgren — React Native, Game Dev, Infinite Red, Upbringings, Hobbies, Faith and More
Jamon Holmgren shares his journey from humble beginnings to founding Infinite Red, discussing ADHD, team building, and the intersection of faith and tech innovation.
Birk Jernström, ex director of Shopify's product shop and co-founder of Tictail, shares insights on building Polar, open source innovation, and his journey from programming to entrepreneurship.
1 Dec 2024
Thomas G Lopes — Svelte, MeltUI, Being a Svelte Ambassador, Upbringings, Faith, Career, Hobbies
Thomas G Lopes shares his journey as a Svelte ambassador, from building MeltUI and Rune to navigating faith, career, and hobbies.
Viktor Löfgren, a Swedish software engineer and physicist, shares his remarkable journey from building rare computers to creating an open-source search engine that discovers hidden web pages and challenges the status quo of online information.
23 Nov 2024
Dagmawi Bedilu (Part 2) — Game Thinking, Community Building, Career, Christian Values and More
Dagmawi Bedilu shares game thinking, community building, and career insights, offering professional advice on building companies, teams, and products with Christian values.
20 Nov 2024
Dagmawi Bedilu (Part 1) — Upbringings, Education, Love, Trust, Death, Faith and More
Dagmawi Bedilu, co-founder and CSO of Efuye Gela, shares profound wisdom on life, faith, and spirituality, offering valuable lessons on trust, love, and death in a deeply personal conversation.
16 Nov 2024
Bemhreth Gezahegn — Gebeta Maps, Running a Company, Startups, Competing with Google, Faith and More
Episode 04
Bemhreth Gezahegn
CEO and Co-founder of @GebetaMaps
On this episode we have an in-depth conversation with Bemhreth Gezahegn, the CEO and co-founder of Gebeta Maps. Starting with humble beginnings he's now running one of the most unique and interesting companies in Ethiopia. He's a friend and so much more!
He shares his work-life balance, his spiritual journey and about all the countries he's traveled to including Japan, India, Dubai, Rwanda, Kenya and more.
It's packed with deep lessons, incredible advices, rich resources and so much fun. We even talk about never before discussed topics about the origins of his company, the tech stack used and business life. It's very inspiring and exciting.
Enjoy the show!
13 Nov 2024
Temkin Mengistu aka Chapi — Remote Work, Backend Dev, Working in the Middle East, Communities
Episode 03
Temkin Mengistu
Aka Chapi Menge
On this episode we have an indepth conversation with Temkin Mengistu, a senior backend developer and a remote dev working in Dubai and Bahrain. Starting with humble beginings he's now one of the top earning freelance devs in Ethiopia. He's a friend and so much more!
On this episode we follow Chapi from his early childhood and journey throughout his life covering so many aspects of his life in depth.
It's packed with deep lessons, incredible advices, rich resources and so much fun.
Enjoy the show!
9 Nov 2024
Andreas Kling — Early Life, Beliefs, Addiction, Open Source, SerenityOS, Ladybird Browser
Episode 02
Andreas Kling
This episode is about Andreas Kling, the open source developer behind SerenityOS and Ladybird Browser. He's one of the most interesting people in the open source community as he's set out to build the first non-profit, sponsor supported, open source and built from scratch browser that's independent of any political ideology or big tech company.
This episode starts with his early childhood and we follow him throughout his life's journey covering so many aspects of his life in depth. It's packed with deep lessons, incredible advice, rich resources and so much fun.
Enjoy the show! 🥰
9 Nov 2024
Robel Mezemir aka Robi Makes Stuff
Episode 01
Robel Mezemir
Aka Robi Makes Stuff
This pilot episode is a conversation with Robel Mezemir, an incredible full stack developer, a remote worker, a dropout, a Huawei ICT competition global finalist, a tech influencer, talented frontend engineer, OSS and hardware enthusiast, a friend and so much more!
This episode starts with his early childhood and we follow him throughout his life's journey covering so many aspects of his life in depth.
It's packed with deep lessons, incredible advices, rich resources and so much fun.
Enjoy the show!
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5.0 / 5
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Spotify
5.0 / 5
9 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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