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These terms are governed by the law of the Republic of Kenya, and I operate the site from Nairobi, Kenya.

This site is run by Joseph Gitau Chege, trading as Mfalme·0, an independent technology engineer and consultant. It is a personal and professional portfolio, not a registered company, and nothing on it creates a company, agency, partnership or joint venture.

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The case studies, metrics and results published here describe work I have done. Figures such as uptime percentages, cost reductions and time saved are drawn from the environments concerned and are provided to show the method rather than as a guarantee. They are not a promise that the same outcome will occur for you: your infrastructure, budget, team and constraints will differ, and saying otherwise would be dishonest.

Some projects are described with clients, systems or identifying details generalised or anonymised. Where specific figures appear, they are accurate as at the date of publication and may no longer reflect the current state of the system. Historic information is not a warranty of present performance.

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• Informational only. It is not an audit, a diagnosis, a quotation, or professional advice.
• Not a warranty. A part list, score or recommendation is a starting point. It can be wrong, and it does not account for what I have not been told.
• No obligation. Submitting a tool summary creates no client relationship and commits me to nothing.

If you rely on a tool result to order hardware or change infrastructure, the cost of being wrong sits with you. That is precisely why the tools exist to screen and guide, and why the real answers come from looking at the actual environment.

Nothing on this site is legal, financial, tax, medical or regulated professional advice. Guides are written from practical experience and may be incomplete or out of date; check anything that matters against current authoritative documentation before acting on it.

Using this site, reading the guides, downloading the résumé, running a tool, or contacting me does not create a professional, contractual or fiduciary relationship. That relationship begins only when both parties sign a written agreement, and it is governed by that agreement and not by these terms.

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• Estimates are estimates. A fixed price assumes a defined scope. Work outside that scope is quoted separately before it is started, never invoiced as a surprise.
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In return, I ask that commercial details stay confidential between us. Case studies are published only with permission, and otherwise anonymised to the point where you cannot be identified. You can ask at any time for a listing to be removed.

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