Bethwel Kiplagat
Software Engineer, Community Builder & Documentation believer.
Nairobi, Kenya
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Bethwel Kiplagat is a Software Engineer passionate about building with AI, Cloud technologies, and creating great Developer Experiences (DX). He has spoken on several events and served as a jury member for tech events, bringing a well-rounded perspective on what makes technology accessible and impactful.
He is a universal mentor at the GeeKulcha Student Society (GKSS), helping new developers navigate the tech ecosystem, and actively contributes to open-source projects—often focusing on improving documentation and contributor guides. He believes great code alone isn't enough; users need clear, kind, and useful documentation to truly benefit from any product.
This belief in clarity and empowerment drives everything he does.
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Google AI Studio at I/O '26: Vibe-Code Your First Full-Stack App
Selected Track: Build with AI (BwAI) Technical Workshop
At I/O 2026, Google unveiled that Google AI Studio is now the single place where you can prompt, build, and deploy full-stack apps—with zero friction. In this beginner-friendly technical workshop, I'll show you:
1. What's new at I/O '26: Gemini 3.5 Flash, Kotlin support for Android, one-click deployment to Cloud Run with Firebase services, and the free Starter Tier (no credit card required).
2. Live demo: From a simple prompt to a fully deployed full-stack app—using AI Studio, Firestore, and Cloud Run.
3. The Firebase Studio story: Why it's sunsetting (March 22, 2027) and how its best features live on in Google AI Studio.
Attendees will leave with a working app, actionable skills, and a clear path to keep building using Google's free learning resources (Google Cloud Skills Boost, AI learning paths, and the free Starter Tier).
What attendees need: A laptop with Wi-Fi and a Google account (no credit card required). All code and resources will be shared via GitHub.
The 5-Minute README Fix: Small Changes, Big Impact
Every open‑source project starts with a README — but most READMEs are written for people who already understand the project. What about the newcomer?
In this lightning talk, I’ll show you three fixes you can make in five minutes or less that turn a confusing README into a welcoming, usable front door. No heavy rewrites. No perfect prose. Just small, human actions: adding a clear “what this does” first line, writing a setup step a beginner could follow, and including one obvious place to ask for help.
I’ve mentored dozens of students and new contributors. The biggest barrier is never the code — it’s the documentation that assumes too much. Let’s change that together.
The Cloud is Cheap Until Your Curiosity Costs You $500
AWS sent me a bill of $500 (over Ksh 65,000) for a server instance doing nothing. I was on holiday. The server was idle. The meter never stopped.
This 10-minute lightning talk has no slides, no fluff, and no sales pitch. Just one sharp insight: cost is a technical specification, not a finance problem. You will walk away with one concrete action you can implement tonight – setting up AWS Budget alerts in under 2 minutes. You'll also learn why 'stop' does not mean 'delete', how to survive the Free Tier, and the controversial opinion that free startup credits actually make us lazy builders.
This is a survival guide for every student, developer, or startup founder in Kenya who wants to experiment without going broke.
Write The Docs Kenya Conference Sessionize Event Upcoming
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Bethwel Kiplagat
Software Engineer, Community Builder & Documentation believer.
Nairobi, Kenya
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