Emmanuel Sibanda

Emmanuel Sibanda

I am Software Engineer. I love solving practical everyday problems, learning interesting tools and blogging about it.

In my spare time, I enjoy playing chess, boxing, swimming, hiking and the gym.

Using RAG to build a chatbot to navigate the legal challenges of investing in real estate in Colombia

Apr 15, 20248 min read

Background Colombia is in the same time zone as New York, has a tropical climate and is fast becoming a strong real estate investment market for...

Using RAG to build a chatbot to navigate the legal challenges of investing in real estate in Colombia

I used Spin to build and deploy a WebAssembly application

Mar 28, 20246 min read

I used Spin to build and deploy a WebAssembly application to Fermyon Cloud, let me explain why Context When we think of cloud computing we often think...

I used Spin to build and deploy a WebAssembly application

A Dagger module to run my unit tests locally

Mar 26, 20246 min read

I built a platform to help people prepare for Data Structure and Algorithm interviews guided by AI. I set up a CI/CD pipeline using Dagger, triggered...

A Dagger module to run my unit tests locally

Finding my ideal SWE role in a rough market

Feb 12, 20246 min read

Over the last few months I have been pursuing a Software Engineering role as an early career engineer in a rough market. This blog outlines the steps...

Finding my ideal SWE role in a rough market

Shopify case study: Understanding caching patterns using a simple MVP

Feb 6, 202411 min read

I was going through one my favorite Engineering newsletter, The Pragmatic Engineer by Gergely Orsoz and ran across one of his older posts on Shopify...

Shopify case study: Understanding caching patterns using a simple MVP