https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/Recent content on Daniel KawalskyHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Daniel KawalskyMon, 28 Apr 2025 02:44:26 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/why-aid-is-still-worth-it-06ab815a4659/Mon, 28 Apr 2025 02:44:26 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/why-aid-is-still-worth-it-06ab815a4659/In a fair system, every road built and every school opened would push the world forward. Corruption drains that momentum before it can build. Over the past few years, sixteen books and video essays have reshaped how I…https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/building-a-zillow-like-platform-for-rwanda-opportunities-and-challenges-eb7304e7bb5e/Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:49:29 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/building-a-zillow-like-platform-for-rwanda-opportunities-and-challenges-eb7304e7bb5e/This project began from a simple frustration: existing real estate websites in Rwanda often fail to show exactly where a property is located. In many cases, this makes it impossible for a buyer to understand whether a property…https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/building-a-rag-powered-chatbot-for-irembo-48dfada7e1b0/Tue, 24 Dec 2024 19:24:36 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/building-a-rag-powered-chatbot-for-irembo-48dfada7e1b0/The goal was simple: make IremboGov portal services more accessible to Rwandan citizens with conversational AI and a Retrieval-Augmented Generation framework.https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/a-chat-first-approach-to-digital-government-services-the-irembo-chatbot-62f443053b83/Tue, 24 Dec 2024 06:39:05 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/a-chat-first-approach-to-digital-government-services-the-irembo-chatbot-62f443053b83/When my friend Claude came to me for advice on registering his newly purchased land, I realized how much of a challenge navigating government services can still be. Claude had bought part of a larger parcel of land…https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/weekend-at-lake-kivu-0b7a253d5100/Wed, 06 Dec 2023 21:11:04 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/weekend-at-lake-kivu-0b7a253d5100/In October 2021, I visited Rwanda’s Lake Kivu. My guide, Claude, from Africa Green Tours, made the trip memorable for me, his only client for the weekend.https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/empowering-healthcare-with-transparency-the-case-for-mandatory-pricing-apis-6b12225aca98/Mon, 27 Nov 2023 00:57:47 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/empowering-healthcare-with-transparency-the-case-for-mandatory-pricing-apis-6b12225aca98/You know the drill. You go for a medical visit, maybe get some tests done, and in a few weeks, a bill for an eye-watering amount lands in your lap. As you scan the itemized list, you can’t…https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/heres-how-companies-should-share-loyalty-program-data-3a88a848f528/Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:12:55 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/heres-how-companies-should-share-loyalty-program-data-3a88a848f528/When companies entrust customers with control over their own data, they earn actual customer loyalty.https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/how-i-got-another-90-days-in-south-africa-and-how-you-can-too-ac4efd72e266/Thu, 21 Apr 2022 01:04:17 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/how-i-got-another-90-days-in-south-africa-and-how-you-can-too-ac4efd72e266/When I arrived in Cape Town International Airport from Kenya, a Customs officer told me that I had only 7 days to legally be in South Africa. This was actually my second entry into South Africa during the…https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/my-taxi-driver-introduction-to-the-tigray-war-2eaf42a78b99/Sun, 02 Jan 2022 17:18:23 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/my-taxi-driver-introduction-to-the-tigray-war-2eaf42a78b99/I arrived in Ethiopia just as the city was preparing for the newly elected administration to enter office. Armed soldiers in blue camouflage uniforms were taking up posts at every street corner to make sure there was no…https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/my-foray-into-the-world-of-cryptocurrency-auto-trading-b78d4ac85b93/Sun, 26 Dec 2021 12:22:43 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/my-foray-into-the-world-of-cryptocurrency-auto-trading-b78d4ac85b93/If you knew exactly when each price dip for Bitcoin was going to occur, you could make tens of thousands in one day. I don’t know what Bitcoin is about to do, but I thought a machine just…https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/road-to-personal-net-zero-offsetting-lifecycle-carbon-emissions-from-flying-cbbc0fecf722/Sun, 19 Dec 2021 11:46:04 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/road-to-personal-net-zero-offsetting-lifecycle-carbon-emissions-from-flying-cbbc0fecf722/I offset all of the pollution I generated from flying. Here’s how and why.https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/road-to-personal-net-zero-start-here-1805b192f7d5/Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:39:27 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/road-to-personal-net-zero-start-here-1805b192f7d5/I know I might never reach Net Zero, but here’s to trying.https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/calculate-your-carbon-emissions-by-plane-train-and-car-and-more-from-your-location-history-c86852c4d26f/Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:29:50 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/calculate-your-carbon-emissions-by-plane-train-and-car-and-more-from-your-location-history-c86852c4d26f/Calculate your Transportation Emissions from your Location Historyhttps://blog.danielkawalsky.com/spicing-up-feature-film-credits-with-classification-part-ii-c715d8375975/Sun, 21 Apr 2019 19:00:12 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/spicing-up-feature-film-credits-with-classification-part-ii-c715d8375975/Why I’m bad with names, but it turned out for the best.https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/the-trouble-with-classification-312cc6fe8b79/Wed, 10 Apr 2019 02:44:40 +0000https://blog.danielkawalsky.com/the-trouble-with-classification-312cc6fe8b79/Spicing up Feature Film Credits with Classification — Part I