Author · Founder & CEO, Spidey Labs Limited
Peter Kibet. Engineer, farmer, founder.
Peter Kibet is the founder and CEO of Spidey Labs Limited, a software engineering studio in Nairobi, Kenya.
He has spent three years shipping systems that carry real operational load: a multi-tenant farm platform, an enterprise poultry ERP, and a diocese platform serving 85+ parishes in Western Kenya.
Nairobi, Kenya · peter@spideylabs.tech
Writing
Building in public · May 2026
Why we built MkulimaOS as farmers first, engineers second
The operational problems on the coffee estate we run drove the build — paper registers, WhatsApp payroll, ghost workers. Not a gap in the market. A real problem we lived.
ReadOperating in Kenya · June 2026
EUDR compliance for Kenyan coffee: the engineering view
The December 30, 2026 EUDR deadline will lock 1M+ Kenyan smallholders out of the EU market unless geolocation + traceability data is shipped. Here is what compliant software actually requires.
ReadAI Integration · June 2026
AI integration that doesn't break in production: 4 patterns we ship
AI features look good in a demo and fall over in production. Four patterns we use to ship Claude integrations that survive real load, real users, and real failure modes.
ReadAI Integration · July 2026
From Claude Vision to coffee leaf rust: AI in the field at 26,000 plants
A coffee estate with 26,000 plants cannot afford to miss leaf rust early. Here is how Claude Vision became the first-pass agronomist on our estate — and the production architecture behind it.
ReadHow we work · June 2026
The Sprint engagement: why we sell $4,500 audits before $50K projects
Most software studios skip the audit and go straight to a 12-week build. We don't. Here is why our entry-point engagement is a 1-week, $4,500 Sprint — and why both sides win.
ReadEngineering · July 2026
Building offline-first software for 147 workers in rural Kenya
Connectivity at our coffee estate dies for hours at a time. Here are the offline-first patterns that let supervisors check workers in, log harvests, and run payroll without a working internet connection.
ReadCommunity · May 2026
What being Claude Community Ambassador for Kenya actually means
The Claude Community Ambassador role is about community building and ecosystem development, not PR. Here is what it actually involves day to day, and why it changes how we ship client work.
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