Blog — Hloriso Mohale

Blog

Notes and essays on software architecture, cross-platform engineering, AI-native systems and digital sovereignty — written for developers, founders and policymakers.

Top 4 Books for Cross-Platform Software Development

Four books worth putting on your shelf if you build web, mobile and desktop apps from a single codebase — covering .NET, Flutter and the engineering habits underneath both.

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Digital Sovereignty25 August 2026 · 9 min read

Africa Needs Its Own Tech Stack

Why digital sovereignty starts with building the infrastructure, software, AI, and technical capability we can control.

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Cross-Platform Dev12 August 2026 · 7 min read

Building Once, Deploying Everywhere: Lessons from .NET MAUI Hybrid Blazor

Hard-won lessons from shipping .NET MAUI Hybrid Blazor apps across web, mobile, and desktop from a single codebase.

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Digital Sovereignty29 July 2026 · 6 min read

What Digital Sovereignty Really Means for African Startups

Beyond the buzzword: practical steps African founders can take to own their data, infrastructure, and long-term future.

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Architecture14 July 2026 · 8 min read

5 Architecture Patterns Every Cross-Platform Team Should Know

The patterns that separate maintainable multi-platform codebases from tangled ones — with real trade-offs.

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Elsewhere

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Shorter pieces on data rights, AI policy and digital sovereignty.

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Data rights
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Your Data Is Not Yours (opens Substack in a new tab)

Who really owns your digital footprint, and what you can do about it in an economy built on personal data.

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AI and policy
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POPIA in the Age of AI (opens Substack in a new tab)

Why South Africa’s data protection law matters more than ever as AI changes how organisations handle personal information.

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Digital sovereignty
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Data, Power and Control (opens Substack in a new tab)

The political economy of data: who controls the world’s digital infrastructure, and what that means for Africa’s development.

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