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How to Deploy Laravel Securely with GitHub Actions, Immutable Releases and Automatic Rollback

Deploy Laravel to a VPS with GitHub Actions using immutable releases, restricted SSH, health checks, Horizon, and automatic code rollback.

Bob Mwenda Sep 21, 2026 8 min read

Software Development

Software Development Cost in Kenya (2026): What Businesses Should Budget

See Statum's published starting prices for software projects in Kenya, what changes the cost, and how to plan for hosting, support and future improvements.

Bob Mwenda

Sep 19, 2026 8 min read

Tech Tutorials & How-Tos

How to Calculate Net Salary in Kenya (2026): PAYE, NSSF, SHIF and Housing Levy

See how Kenya's 2026 PAYE bands, Year 4 NSSF, SHIF and Housing Levy shape take-home pay, with checked examples from KSh 30,000 to KSh 200,000.

Bob Mwenda

Sep 19, 2026 8 min read

Industry Insights & Case Studies

How to Choose a Business Workflow to Automate First

Compare candidate workflows by frequency, cost, failure impact, rules, measurement and readiness using a weighted example.

Bob Mwenda

Sep 18, 2026 4 min read

Software Development

M-Pesa API Integration in Kenya: A Pre-Production Checklist

Use this checklist to decide whether an M-Pesa integration is ready for production. Each critical check has evidence, an owner, and a clear pass rule.

Bob Mwenda

Sep 18, 2026 5 min read

Software Development

How to Scope Custom Software in Kenya: A Practical First-Release Checklist

A worked first-release brief for a hypothetical distributor, including peak usage, hosting ownership, migration and measurable acceptance checks.

Bob Mwenda

Sep 18, 2026 6 min read

Software Development

When Does Your Business Need Custom Software?

Compare process improvement, configured software, integration and custom development against your real workflow, costs, constraints and support capacity.

Bob Mwenda

Jun 14, 2026 4 min read

AI & Emerging Tech

Planning a WhatsApp Business Bot with M-Pesa in Kenya

A planning guide to the WhatsApp bot and M-Pesa journey, inbound and delivery-status webhooks, secure event handling, payment confirmation and human handoff.

Bob Mwenda

Feb 21, 2026 6 min read

Software Development

M-Pesa API Integration in Kenya: Callbacks and Reconciliation

A product-aware guide to M-Pesa callback states, idempotent processing and reconciliation for duplicate, late, unmatched, mismatched and reversed payments.

Bob Mwenda

Feb 08, 2026 7 min read

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