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Stories from the Team
WHAT WE'RE BUILDING.
Real stories about the products we're building at DevBlock — the problems we're solving and what we're learning along the way.
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Ẹtí: An Open-Source Yoruba Speech Recognition Model
We open-sourced Ẹtí — a Whisper-small model fine-tuned for Yoruba ASR, MIT-licensed and shipped in both Transformers and CTranslate2 formats. Why we built it, how it performs, and what comes next.
August 15, 2026 6 min read
Sage Inference: The Universal LLM Gateway Powering 16 Systems
How we built a single inference gateway that routes every AI call across 7 providers, tracks per-token credits, and powers all DevBlock products.
July 15, 2026 8 min read
MesageAI: Multi-Channel AI Agents for Business
Building conversational AI agents that work across WhatsApp, Telegram, and web with per-business isolation, autonomous session recovery, and smart routing.
July 08, 2026 7 min read
The Console: How We Built Our Own Command Center
How we built a single dashboard to manage clients, projects, and deployments — and what we learned building the agency platform we always wanted.
June 28, 2026 9 min read
Hybrid Travels: Building a Luxury Booking Platform on Live Inventory
How we built a luxury travel platform with real-time flight search via the Amadeus API, handpicked hotel inventory, and an AI trip planner — designed for the modern traveller.
August 08, 2026 8 min read
Bigglesworth: Bringing Flight Intelligence to the Cockpit
A flight intelligence platform for pilots and enthusiasts — trial flight pricing, PPL pathways, live weather at North Weald, and an AI copilot that answers instantly by voice or chat.
July 30, 2026 7 min read
Sky Grills: A Real-Time Restaurant Operating System on the Edge
How we built a full restaurant platform — online ordering, staff POS, kitchen display, and live order tracking — on Cloudflare Workers with WebSocket realtime and Paystack payments.
August 20, 2026 8 min read
Building Resilient AI Infrastructure on Cloudflare's Edge
Why every DevBlock system runs on Cloudflare Workers, D1, and Vectorize — and how we engineer for zero cold starts, automatic failover, and sub-50ms APIs.
July 22, 2026 10 min read