CO-FOUNDER, MELINK.AI · HOST, WE ARE STILL HUMAN
I co-founded meLink and host We Are Still Human — the podcast and the movement. Practical, not ideological: the rule is a requirement, and I ship the thing that meets it.
01 — The story
Five years pricing agricultural and financial risk at KEMPRO Brokers — futures, options, hedging. I learned to see the downside first.
Employee #3 in a Potchefstroom studio, building an e-learning platform across Africa. Seven years of frontend architecture at BMW's IT Hub.
In 2024 I started building my own. meLink has one rule: the user leads, the technology follows. Then came We Are Still Human and the written rules.
02 — The belief
The screen can disappear. The layer that decides has to stay in view.
We are still human. That is not a sentiment; it is a design constraint.
A position that has not met a real user is a preference; I ship, watch what breaks, and keep what holds.
03 — How I lead
Risk taught me to see what goes wrong before what goes right.
Being wrong always lands on someone. I make the call, then own what it costs.
No ambient listening, no unsolicited action, no dark patterns. I will kill a feature that wins the demo and loses the person.
Written down, each rule is a requirement. A principle with no implementation is a wish.
I lead teams. People do their best work when they are treated as people, not resources.
04 — The work
AI products for business and life, built so the user leads and the technology follows.
Visit melink.aiSix requirements for technology that serves the person holding it.
Read the six rulesA podcast and a movement about AI’s human stakes: identity, proof, consent, power.
Listen to the showEP 094
The Downgrade You Will Never Be Told About
30 Oct 2026
08:38
EP 093
The Apology That Costs Nothing
28 Oct 2026
07:13
EP 092
The Passport the Machine Carries in Your Name
27 Oct 2026
07:56
The invitation
One conversation, no deck.
