Daliso Zuze — engineering leader and consultant. Writing on Flutter & Dart, software delivery case studies, and the Dart Developer Show podcast.https://dalisozuze.com/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/trusted-beats-smart-sovereign-ai-healthcare/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/trusted-beats-smart-sovereign-ai-healthcare/Most AI conversations in healthcare hit the same wall: the business wants ChatGPT-speed, IT and Compliance want zero data egress. The answer is neither full cloud SaaS nor building from scratch — it's sovereign, open-weight AI you actually own.Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/dashboard-utilization-crisis/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/dashboard-utilization-crisis/Your company just spent six figures on a state-of-the-art BI platform. The dashboards are beautiful — and nobody's using them. Here's why, and what forward-thinking companies are doing about it.Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/oxford-university-cross-disciplinary-education/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/oxford-university-cross-disciplinary-education/The story of how I combined formal training in Computer Science and Business to forge a unique career path.Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:02:52 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/how-i-sharpened-my-coding-skills-in-mobile-app-development-2/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/how-i-sharpened-my-coding-skills-in-mobile-app-development-2/The story of how I learned Flutter app development and rekindled my passion for software development.Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:48:56 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/create-your-first-flutter-barcode-scanner/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/create-your-first-flutter-barcode-scanner/In this article, we shall learn about the different types of barcodes, how to create them and how to build an app in Flutter for scanning barcodes of all types using the camera on your smartphone.Wed, 28 Dec 2022 22:25:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/how-to-use-flutter-alertdialog-a-developers-complete-guide/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/how-to-use-flutter-alertdialog-a-developers-complete-guide/In this article, we’ll learn about the visual layout of an alert dialog, the different styles of alert dialogs that Flutter provides and how to include alert dialogs in Flutter apps.Thu, 30 Dec 2021 05:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/flutter-futurebuilder-example-async-done-right/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/flutter-futurebuilder-example-async-done-right/In this article, we’ll learn how to apply asynchronous programming to a Flutter app to make the experience better for users.Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/how-to-implement-flutter-material-dialogs-in-your-app/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/how-to-implement-flutter-material-dialogs-in-your-app/In this article, we will cover practical use cases for dialogs, different types of Material dialogs, and how to display Flutter Material dialogs in Flutter.Tue, 14 Dec 2021 05:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/an-in-depth-guide-to-animating-flutters-hero-widget/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/an-in-depth-guide-to-animating-flutters-hero-widget/Flutter provides a widget named Hero for creating seamless and fluid experiences for users as they navigate from one page to another. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to build a Hero widget for use in an app.Tue, 07 Dec 2021 05:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/flutter-drawers-made-easy-a-free-material-design-tutorial/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/flutter-drawers-made-easy-a-free-material-design-tutorial/In this tutorial, we shall describe the typical layout of a Flutter Drawer, learn how to build a Flutter Drawer widget for use in an app, and build a demo app to apply what we learned.Tue, 30 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/the-flutter-visibility-widget-show-and-hide-content/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/the-flutter-visibility-widget-show-and-hide-content/In this tutorial, we’ll explore the properties of the Flutter Visibility widget and learn how to build a Visibility widget for use in an app.Sat, 20 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/how-do-i-create-a-flutter-card-examples-and-use-cases/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/how-do-i-create-a-flutter-card-examples-and-use-cases/In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create and incorporate cards into your Flutter apps.Sat, 06 Nov 2021 04:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/the-flutter-dropdownbutton-tutorial-for-beginners/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/the-flutter-dropdownbutton-tutorial-for-beginners/In this tutorial, we shall explore the visual components of a DropdownButton and learn how to create and customize this widgetWed, 27 Oct 2021 04:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/how-do-i-customize-a-flutter-appbar-a-detailed-overview/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/how-do-i-customize-a-flutter-appbar-a-detailed-overview/In this tutorial, we'll learn how to configure the visual appearance of a Flutter AppBar and build a demo app.Wed, 13 Oct 2021 04:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/flutter-hexcolor-using-hexadecimal-color-strings-in-flutter/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/flutter-hexcolor-using-hexadecimal-color-strings-in-flutter/In this tutorial we will explain what hexadecimal numbers are, learn how to create an instance of the Color class in Flutter, and build a demo app.Wed, 29 Sep 2021 04:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/flutter-checkbox-tutorial-how-to-create-and-use-a-checkbox/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/flutter-checkbox-tutorial-how-to-create-and-use-a-checkbox/This article was originally published on the Waldo blog. Introduction Checkboxes are one of the most widely used UI components on mobile, desktop, and the web. Checkboxes are classic elements that…Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/build-a-flutter-horizontal-listview-in-20-minutes/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/build-a-flutter-horizontal-listview-in-20-minutes/In this post, we’ll go through the steps of putting together a simple horizontal ListView. It’ll take you less than 20 minutes to complete and doesn’t require any special tools.Fri, 27 Aug 2021 04:00:00 GMThttps://dalisozuze.com/blog/why-data-governance-matters-5-reasons-to-care/https://dalisozuze.com/blog/why-data-governance-matters-5-reasons-to-care/This post will help anyone who’s curious understand what data governance really is, why you should care about it, and some tangible business benefits that it can lead to.Tue, 17 Mar 2020 04:00:00 GMT