CTO at Pacify
I lead technology work for a company supporting maternal and family health.
Technology and engineering
building. learning. sharing.
I am Abou Koné, CTO at Pacify and founder of 100Kode. My work spans engineering leadership, product delivery, independent projects, writing, and mentoring. This site brings together a current biography, selected work, and writing from 2009 to today.
Where to find me
100Kode and selected projects
Consulting, software experiments, and TecPatri conversations developed outside my main role.
Notes from the work
Essays and technical writing on software, teams, tools, and the African technology ecosystem.
Practical mentoring
Career, code review, and architecture conversations when my schedule allows.
Recent writing
All writing → 2026-02-17 DEV.TO Have AI changed how you build, or just how fast you build? 2026-02-16 DEV.TO I Built a Personality Test for Vibe Coding Over the past year, I’ve shipped features and entire applications using Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex. 2026-02-02 MEDIUM My Review of AI Coding IDEs: Real-World Impressions Part I (Cursor, Codex and Claude) I have been using AI coding tools for about a year now, my first experience was with Cline, and then when Cursor came out it ended up winning me o 2026-01-19 MEDIUM How procrastinating helped me ship a new AI assisted writing platform Writing with Muse Mode ak Musa and how it can help you (write) too Where do I start? There are many things that went on to get us to what I want to talk about today so I guess I’ll