The Global Tech
Investigation
An independent accountability project tracking the evidence, questioning the witnesses, and publishing the case files.
Theory Meets Reality
Troubled Detective is a one-person accountability project. It exists because Sierra Leone's growing tech ecosystem and the global one around it needs honest voices. Not hype. Not PR. Theodore tests the tools, breaks down the workflows, and talks to the people behind them. He does the work so consumers can choose with clarity and builders can create with integrity.
Investigation here means hands-on testing and honest assessments. It means calling out misleading marketing and verifying promises. Whether it's AI, fintech, or new digital products, the goal is to provide the practical insights you need to navigate a complex market.
The perspective is the product: technically fluent enough to build, philosophically restless enough to question, and locally grounded enough to know when something doesn't survive contact with reality.
Honest testing for real-world use.
Step-by-step implementation.
Truth from builders and users.
Reliability in any environment.
Who Should Listen?
Consumers
Anyone using tech who wants honest guidance beyond marketing claims to make better choices.
Builders
Designers and developers looking for real-world stress tests and honest feedback on their tools.
Tech Learners
Curious minds wanting to understand complex technologies explained with practical clarity.
Product People
Strategists interested in how technology performs across different global contexts.
Theodore Rogers
Product designer. Product manager. Builder. Examiner.
Theodore has spent 4+ years building products across fintech, civic tech, Web3, and edtech in Sierra Leone. Shipping things from scratch in contexts where infrastructure is thin, connectivity drops, and the global playbook rarely applies. He now builds in AI and with AI. In AI, designing products with AI at their core. With AI, using agentic tools to architect and ship those products. He's designed government-endorsed platforms, contributed to products processing millions in transaction volume, and trained hundreds of people on product development and AI tools.
Theodore Rogers
Product designer. Product manager. Builder. Examiner.
Theodore has spent 4+ years building products across fintech, civic tech, Web3, and edtech in Sierra Leone. Shipping things from scratch in contexts where infrastructure is thin, connectivity drops, and the global playbook rarely applies. He now builds in AI and with AI. In AI, designing products with AI at their core. With AI, using agentic tools to architect and ship those products. He's designed government-endorsed platforms, contributed to products processing millions in transaction volume, and trained hundreds of people on product development and AI tools.
Troubled Detective is a one-person accountability project. It exists because Sierra Leone's growing tech ecosystem and the global one around it needs honest voices. Not hype. Not PR. Theodore tests the tools, breaks down the workflows, and talks to the people behind them. He does the work so consumers can choose with clarity and builders can create with integrity.
He builds for the world, informed by the gap. Not reviewing tech from the sidelines, but stress-testing it as someone who ships products daily in a market most of the industry ignores. Tool experiments, workflow breakdowns, and honest guidance on what's real and what's noise.
There's a selfish reason too. Running this publicly forces competence. You can't have informed opinions without doing proper research. Some investigations are multi-part deep dives. Others are quick, single-episode workflow tests. But the format forces the work, the work builds the knowledge, and the knowledge makes the perspective worth listening to.
The perspective is the product: technically fluent enough to build, philosophically restless enough to question, and locally grounded enough to know when something doesn't survive contact with reality.