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David
Ibia
I build and operate SaaS, DevOps, and agentic AI systems.
For small teams that care about reliability and pace. Founder at Boxmarshall LTD, building platforms like Reoclo, Prawnwire, and AI‑driven tools.
Products I'm launching
Air Traffic Controller coming soon
A profile-aware default browser router for macOS. Sets as your system default and routes every link to the right browser and the right profile based on URL, source app, Wi-Fi network, time of day, and Focus mode. Includes a keyboard-driven picker, a Raycast-style launcher, multi-engine search, and an opt-in AI agent for writing routing rules in plain language.
Reoclo
Private BetaAir Traffic Controller
Coming SoonPrawnwire
Private Alphaenvsitter-guard
Open Sourcewith-context-mcp
Open SourceKreatar
In DevelopmentProgramming Languages
Proficient across frontend, backend, and scripting contexts.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Multi-cloud and self-hosted infrastructure where vendor lock-in is a concern, including object storage, ingress, and container registries.
DevOps & CI/CD
Open-source-first CI/CD with infrastructure-as-code philosophy.
AI / ML & Agentic Systems
Deep practical experience deploying and integrating LLM models in production, including agent tooling, ML matching, and real-time speech pipelines.
Frameworks & Web Development
SSR-first architecture for performance-oriented web applications, plus lightweight edge-ready API frameworks and component-driven UI across React and Vue.
Databases
Relational and document databases, query builders, and search engines across diverse workloads.
Security & Authentication
Security-conscious approach to infrastructure and application design, including passwordless authentication.
Native App Development
Native desktop application development, with a focus on system-level integration on macOS.
Mobile Development
Cross-platform mobile apps that share a design system with the web, built on the React Native + Expo and Ionic toolchains.
APIs & Service Communication
Contract-first service design across gRPC and REST, with generated, type-safe clients shared between services and apps.
Messaging & Real-Time Systems
Event-driven and real-time architectures: async job queues, pub/sub messaging, and live data synchronization.
Browser Automation & Anti-Bot
Large-scale browser automation and resilient data collection — headless fleets, proxy rotation, and anti-detection.
Web3 & Smart Contracts
On-chain integration and smart-contract development across EVM ecosystems.
Desktop Applications
Cross-platform desktop apps with production packaging, signing, and distribution.
Payments & Communications APIs
Payments, messaging, and transactional delivery integrations.
Build for Production, Not Just Demos
Reliable, maintainable systems matter more than impressive prototypes. Every product should be designed to survive real-world usage at scale.
Automate Everything That Repeats
Good engineering systematically eliminates friction. CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and automated testing are not optional — they are the baseline.
Own the Full Path to Delivery
Strong technical leadership means being accountable for architecture, deployment, maintenance, and iteration — not just writing code.
Build AI That Is Purposeful and Impactful
AI should not be adopted because it is trendy, but because it solves a real problem. Agentic systems need clear objectives, the right mindset, and relevance to the people they serve.
Think Locally, Build Globally
Products built for African markets deserve the same engineering rigour, scalability, and thoughtfulness as those built for global audiences.
Keep Systems Useful as They Scale
Engineering decisions should support long-term growth, operational resilience, and team clarity — not just solve today’s problem.
Agentic AI for the African Ecosystem
MLOps Community (Lagos Chapter) + AI Community Africa · Lagos, Nigeria · 2026-03-01
Delivered an insightful session on how AI can be efficiently utilized in the African market, drawing from firsthand experience building AI-powered products. Shared global frameworks and Agentic AI workflows adapted for African contexts, and made a call to action for purposeful, impactful AI adoption — moving beyond trend-chasing into purposeful deployment of Agentic AI systems.
Read the companion article →Blackhole: Network-Wide Ad Blocking With No Public Address
Pi-hole blocks ads for every device on your network, but only at home — and exposing it to the internet to fix that is a genuinely bad idea. Blackhole runs Pi-hole entirely inside a Tailscale VPN using a shared network namespace, so the ad blocker follows you to any device, anywhere, while staying completely invisible to the public internet.
June 14, 2026 · Self-Hosting, Networking, DNS, Pi-hole, Tailscale, Docker, PrivacyWhy I Built My Own Email Infrastructure
Email deliverability problems are almost always configuration problems: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC quietly misconfigured until a mailbox provider starts filtering you to spam. Prawnwire is transactional email infrastructure built to get this right from the start and keep it right.
June 12, 2026 · Email, Infrastructure, SMTP, Deliverability, BoxmarshallDevOps as a Product, Not a Favor
Most engineers who end up running infrastructure didn't plan to. Reoclo turns that accidental responsibility into a service teams can actually rely on, built from years of running real infrastructure across different stacks and scales.
June 12, 2026 · DevOps, Infrastructure, CI/CD, Boxmarshall, ReocloSVP at Flowstate Inc Founder & CEO of Boxmarshall LLC
Have a project in mind or want to discuss technical strategy? I'd love to hear from you. Reach out and let's build something great together.