About Andrew

A LITTLE CONTEXT

I am Andrew Miracle
Developer, Researcher & Entrepreneur

I come from a technical background, with majors in Mathematics and Statistics. However, my professional career sits at the intersection of Software Engineering, Research, and Management. This unique combination has led to a diverse and rapidly changing set of roles and responsibilities, making my career trajectory quite dynamic and challenging.

Currently, I lead the Product and Research team at Tecmie, a studio that experiments with frontier technologies like AI and Blockchain in emerging markets, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to this, I worked in software consultancy and served as the Head of Product and Co-founder for a VC-funded Impact Analytics Startup called KPI Lens.

From a young age, I’ve been captivated by the world of computers and technology. My interests span the AI/Data and Machine Learning landscapes, as well as blockchain topics such as NFTs, Ownership, Cryptography, Immutable Data, and Transparency. The work I do now encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including Product Management, Software Architecture, UX Research, Data Engineering, and Full-stack Development.

Alongside my professional work, I have an unwavering dedication to the open-source community. I’ve contributed to a diverse range of projects across the Blockchain and JavaScript developer ecosystem, including the Ethereum Foundation, Google Chrome, Mithril.js, Chakra-UI, NestJS, OpenZeppelin, and more. I was also an early contributor to Imba, a Ruby inspired programming language that powers the e-learning platform Scrimba.

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Some Accomplishments

The impact of my work spans across 22 countries within the African continent and beyond, largely facilitated by my involvement in the Pan African Hacker Community and my admission into the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology’s class of 2020, which has a remarkably low acceptance rate of 0.22%. I’m also an approved author in the arXiv directory for CS/AI research papers.

In just a weekend, I built a Viral AI chatbot called ChatKJV that connects individuals with scripture, showcasing my exceptional talent for harnessing technology to foster meaningful human connections. Driven by a deep commitment to empowering young people with digital skills, I created Afrikathon – a Pan-African innovation event that has united 12,000+ youths across Africa to collaborate, learn design thinking, co-create ideas, and launch products addressing continental challenges.

Moreover, my impact analytics startup, KPI Lens, enables renowned organizations like the Mastercard Foundation, CARE, UNDP, and MEST Africa to monitor and drive positive impact across their global initiatives. These diverse accomplishments – from building transformative technology to cultivating pan-African innovation – are a testament to my unwavering dedication to making the world a better place through the power of technology.

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Notable Mentions

As I’ve navigated my path as an Innovator, I’ve been fortunate to share my story and insights through various media outlets. These notable mentions, features, and interviews offer a glimpse into my professional experiences and the knowledge I’m passionate about imparting. While I continue to share my knowledge and experiences, you can expect to see more updates to this section.

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Uses

My Daily Toolkit Essentials

If you are curious about the tools and software I rely on to navigate my day-to-day work? This is a somewhat comprehensive “Uses” section that highlights my favorite resources and indispensable tools. While some of these choices may seem expected, you might just discover a few surprising additions! As I continuously refine and enhance my setup, this list is subject to change.

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Colophon

Under the hood

This site has gone through several incarnations. It started on Netlify as a static site built with Jekyll Tachyons on the Tachyons CSS framework. See Bourbon and Donna for previous versions. Then it moved to WordPress on DigitalOcean, powered by Bedrock with a MySQL database and Composer managing plugins via WPackagist. I chose WordPress for the editor experience — the Gutenberg block editor made it easy to keep things in draft and publish incrementally.

In 2025, I migrated back to Jekyll — this time paired with Tailwind CSS. The migration involved extracting 429 static HTML pages from the WordPress site using a custom BeautifulSoup Python script that parsed frontmatter from Open Graph meta tags, downloaded all images locally, and preserved the original HTML content. Posts with code blocks were then rewritten to clean Markdown with fenced code blocks, highlighted client-side by Prism.js.

The result is a fully static site with no database, no server-side rendering, and near-instant page loads. Typography is set in Hedvig Letters Serif for headings, Noto Sans for body text, Shantell Sans for navigation, and Intel One Mono for code. The site is organized as a digital garden with growth stages (seedling, blossoming, flourishing), a lab for experiments, and a traditional blog archive going back to 2012. Source is version-controlled with Git and deploys on push.

What is a Colophon?

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