To Port or Not to Port: C++ to Rust, and the Trap of the 90% Demo

Ownership was never in the source code. That's the whole migration — and it's exactly the part the demo skips.

23 hrs ago • Allan Koech

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May 2026

MantisBase is Moving to Rust

There is no shortage of "rewrite it in Rust" stories on the internet.

May 18 • Allan K. Koech

April 2026

What’s new in 3ds Max 2027?

Originally posted here:

Apr 13 • Allan K. Koech

February 2026

MantisBase v0.3.4 — Admin Upgrades, Bug Fixes & Docker Updates

We're shipping v0.3.4 today with a handful of quality-of-life improvements, a cleaner configuration story, and a few important bug fixes.

Feb 26 • Allan K. Koech

MantisBase Devlog #1—We're Live

If you've been following along, you know I've been busy building MantisBase for a while now.

Feb 26 • Allan K. Koech

MantisBase v0.3.3: Real-Time Database Updates with Server-Sent Events

February 4, 2026 — We're excited to announce the release of MantisBase v0.3.3, bringing real-time database capabilities to this lightweight…

Feb 3 • Allan K. Koech

November 2025

Smart Living & Leadership: Designing for Tomorrow

The second edition of the Smart Living & Tech Leadership Conference 2025 ran for two days, with intense, future-focused dialogue.

Nov 13, 2025 • Allan K. Koech

October 2025

Embedding Slint UI Within a Qt Application (C++)

Qt is a mature and feature-rich framework, but building flexible and declarative UIs often requires more than widgets and signals.

Oct 10, 2025 • Allan K. Koech

September 2025

[Youtube] What is Mantis?

We have earlier introduced Mantis, a C++ BaaS toolkit, designed to be lightweight but powerful.

Sep 30, 2025 • Allan K. Koech

August 2025

Mantis v0.2.7-beta Release

We’ve shipped Mantis v0.2.7-beta, a new milestone for our lightweight pluggable backend-as-a-service (BaaS) framework written in C++.

Aug 23, 2025 • Allan K. Koech

July 2025

Introducing Mantis: The C++ Backend Framework Built for Simplicity and Speed

In a world dominated by heavyweight frameworks and bloated deployment pipelines, Mantis stands out as a fast, modular C++ backend library designed for…

Jul 9, 2025 • Allan K. Koech

June 2025

DeepWiki: How to Instantly Understand Any Codebase with AI-Powered Documentation

In the growing jungle of codebases, developer tools, and open-source libraries, one thing remains consistently frustrating: documentation.

Jun 19, 2025 • Allan K. Koech