Tapiwa Makandigona

Full-stack developer · Kwekwe, Zimbabwe

Software that works where bandwidth is scarce.

Web apps, Android down to the kernel, games, open source.

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Level 3IOAI GAITE · Astana 2026
BronzeAfrican Olympiad in AI
60 fps3D in a browser tab
30+public repos

Flagship builds

Three things I'd show first.

VoltZW — ZESA prepaid electricity calculator

VoltZW

Prepaid power, to the exact kWh.

Use it live
FPS Arena — browser 3D shooter

FPS Arena

A 3D shooter in a browser tab.

Play
Zimbabwe Language Data Commons

ZLDC

Shona & Ndebele, made AI-ready.

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Selected work

Built, shipped, maintained.

  1. Zimbabwe Language Data Commons

    2026

    A consent-based Shona and Ndebele corpus. Zimbabwe's missing AI foundation.

    African NLP · Data governance

    Project page

  2. VoltZW

    2026

    ZESA tokens across live stepped tariffs, worked out to the unit.

    Next.js · TypeScript · Appwrite

    LiveCode

  3. S26U Kernel & Platform Suite

    2026

    A GKI kernel built on free runners, all 8 panel modes unlocked, a 47 KB system equalizer.

    Android · GKI kernel · Kotlin

    Kernel CIPodEQDisplay modes

  4. ChemLab ZW

    2026

    A Cambridge A-Level chemistry lab for students who have no lab.

    React · Vite · EdTech

    Code

  5. Emberdelve

    2025

    Dice roguelite on Google Play, under my Tsoro Studios banner. Free, no ads, no tracking.

    Flutter · Game design

    Project pageGoogle PlayCode

  6. LanLink

    2025

    Phone-to-laptop file transfer over Wi-Fi. No internet, no accounts, no limits.

    Flutter · Local-first

    Project pageDownloadCode

  7. TapRide

    2025

    Ride-hailing with live GPS and in-app chat — on OpenStreetMap, no Google key.

    React · Appwrite · Leaflet

    Project pageCode

  8. Browser FPS

    2024

    Zombie waves, particles, mystery boxes. Zero plugins, 60fps.

    TypeScript · Three.js · WebGL

    Project pagePlayCode

All repos on GitHub

Under the hood

Down to the kernel when it has to be.

Friendly products on top. Kernel builds, 47 KB binaries and locked 60fps underneath.

kernel-ci
$ ./build.sh --target s26u android15-6.6
✓ toolchain  clang-r522817
✓ defconfig  s26u_gki_defconfig
✓ Image.gz   14.2 MB  (free runner, 38 min)
$ adb reboot bootloader && fastboot boot Image.gz
✓ booted     6.6.30-android15 #1 SMP

Open source

Small tools, kept sharp.

env-guard

Never deploy with missing config.

ts-color-utils

Typed colour maths, zero deps.

react-ui-kit

React components, zero deps.

express-api-starter

REST API, ready to ship.

json-lint-cli

Lint and format JSON, fast.

pwgen-cli

Secure passwords from the shell.

http-ping-cli

Endpoint health from the shell.

md-preview-server

Live Markdown preview.

Also ZimBet, ZimPay, TapDo, QuickBucks, and FontaineOS — a bare-metal x86 kernel in C++.

Recognition

Measured against the world.

About

Curiosity first, then products.

Self-taught, from Kwekwe. Started with small scripts, ended up building kernels, corpora and games.

TypeScript and React on top, Appwrite or Supabase behind, Kotlin and Flutter on Android, WebGL when it needs to move. Built in the open.

Let’s build something that holds up.

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