I Participated Online in Generative AI Conference 2024

Sessions I watched and my impressions from attending Generative AI Conference 2024 online.

Converting Markdown Slides to PDF with marp-cli

Converting Markdown slides to PDF with npx @marp-team/marp-cli when Marp for VS Code won't export.

Reading Notes: 'The Uber War: How It Rose, Dominated, and Became Hated by Society' by Mike Isaac

Notes from Mike Isaac's Uber book on the Frugality value and competitor intelligence (COIN).

Reading Notes: 'The Rich Theory Nobody Taught You' by Tsutomu Jonenju

Notes on assets, risk, and the ten-year cycle of economic shocks from 'The Rich Theory Nobody Taught You'.

Became a '2024 Ruby Association Supporter' Through Individual Donation

Continuing from 2023, I donated again and became a 2024 Ruby Association Supporter.

Google Search Guidance for AI-Generated Content and Author Markup Policy

A policy for handling the author markup on AI-generated articles, based on Google's guidance.

Top Ruby Companies: Find Out Which World-Class Companies Use Ruby

Top Ruby Companies lists world-class Ruby adopters by market cap — Airbnb, Shopify, Coinbase, Block, Procore lead as of March 2024.

I Became a Personal Sponsor of Python

Becoming a personal sponsor of Python via GitHub Sponsors since I rely on it for AI/LLM app development.

Free Books for Learning Software Testing and QA (Quality Assurance) in Waterfall Development

Two free Japanese books that helped me get up to speed on software testing and QA in waterfall development.

Reading Notes: 'Single Dad Entrepreneur Doesn't Try Too Hard - Philosophy of Living Freely' by Hibi Miyazaki

A short reading note on Hibi Miyazaki's book, recommended for single fathers navigating challenges.

Individual Sponsor & On-site Participation at Penguin Hack 2024

I sponsored Penguin Hack 2024 individually and attended the award ceremony on-site.

Reading Notes: 'How Generative AI Will Change the World' by Shota Imai

Notes from a Matsuo Lab researcher's book on generative AI, metacognition, and 'extreme actions' as a winning pattern.

Personal Sponsorship of ONDO, a Shared Office Space in Kumamoto

I personally sponsored ONDO, a shared office in Kumamoto supporting local companies and creators.

Speaking at 'Startup Meetup Kumamoto @ XOSS POINT.'

Speaking at Startup Meetup Kumamoto @ XOSS POINT. about a kindergarten search chatbot on Amazon Bedrock.

Product Development and People, Products, Money

A People / Products / Money framework for framing product development decisions and ADRs.

How to Install Shopify CLI and Theme on macOS

Install Shopify CLI and @shopify/theme on macOS via asdf-managed Node.js and npm, skipping Homebrew.

Reading Notes: 'Hirohiko Araki's Manga Techniques' by Hirohiko Araki

Reading notes on Hirohiko Araki's book on manga techniques, viewed through a UX lens — the four fundamental structures and how to treat world-building and theme.

Reading Notes: 'First UX Design Guide' by Akihiko Ogihara / はじめてのUXデザイン図鑑

A beginner's take on 'First UX Design Guide' — learning UX concepts through experience essences and concrete case studies.

How to Fix 'This site can't be reached DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN' in Chrome Browser

Four things I tried on macOS Chrome to clear the DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN error.

Reading Notes: 'User First: Yoshiteru Akita and Kufu Company - The Man Who Developed Tabelog and Cookpad' by Tsuneyoshi Noji / ユーザーファースト　穐田誉輝とくふうカンパニー

Reading notes on the Yoshiteru Akita biography — user-first philosophy, organizational design, and product thinking.

How to Create Digital Stamps for Free with Adobe Acrobat Reader and Stamp PDFs

Creating a free personal digital stamp with Adobe Acrobat Reader and applying it to a PDF approver field.

I Became a Personal Sponsor of yhatt

I became a personal GitHub Sponsors sponsor of Marp's creator yhatt, whose tool I use for slides.

Setting Up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC

Setting up SPF and DKIM for a Google Workspace domain and verifying PASS in Gmail message headers.

I Became a Personal Sponsor of Biome

Why I became a personal Biome sponsor via GitHub Sponsors, and why I later paused it.

I Became a Personal Sponsor of pocke

I became a personal GitHub Sponsors sponsor of pocke after their LICENSE pull request to rubocop-grep.

I Became a Personal Sponsor of Vite

Becoming a personal Vite sponsor via GitHub Sponsors, then pausing all OSS sponsorships.

Trial and Error Using Japanese with Amazon Titan Foundation Model on Amazon Bedrock

A work log of three snags with Japanese on Amazon Titan / Amazon Bedrock, from model access to console garbling.

Comparison of GitHub Sponsors and Open Collective

How GitHub Sponsors and Open Collective fees compare for OSS sponsorship, based on their published pricing.

How to Fix ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement torch (from versions: none)

Getting PyTorch to install by downgrading Python from 3.12 to 3.10.13 via asdf.

読書メモ『イーロン・マスク 上』/ Reading Notes: 'Elon Musk' - The 'Five Commandments' for Revolutionizing Development Processes

'Question every requirement first,' 'Don't automate first' — Have you heard of the work 'algorithm' revealed in Walter Isaacson's biography 'Elon Musk'? This isn't just about manufacturing; it offers profound insights that are highly applicable to software development. This article explores these five commandments and how we can apply them to our daily development work.

Managing Multiple Bun Versions with asdf

Notes on managing multiple Bun versions with the asdf-bun plugin on M1 macOS.

Technical Product Owner

Notes on the Technical Product Owner role and how it compares to Technology Officer and Tech Owner.

Reading Notes: 'Practical Introduction to Building Chat Systems with ChatGPT/LangChain' by Shingo Yoshida / ChatGPT/LangChainによるチャットシステム構築［実践］入門

Notes on the ChatGPT/LangChain practical introduction — impressions plus the reference links, OSS, and security resources from the book.

Managing Multiple Python Versions with asdf

Setting up multi-version Python management on M1 macOS with the asdf-python plugin.

How to Create a Microsoft Azure Account and Initial Setup

Preliminary steps for adopting Microsoft Azure at a company — from Microsoft account creation and MFA to the Azure account itself.

Tokyo Otaku Mode Acquired by Shogakukan — Reflections From Someone There Since the Early Days

Tokyo Otaku Mode has been fully acquired by Shogakukan. I was part of it for roughly eight years from the early days, both as an engineer and as a shareholder. This is the story of how the company grew from media into e-commerce and cross-border logistics, told from someone who was inside it.

Registered on Bluesky and Set Up Custom Domain

Signing up for Bluesky and moving the handle over to the custom domain `@codenote.net`.

Reading Notes: 'AMP IT UP: Leading for Hypergrowth' by Frank Slootman / AMP IT UP 最高を超える

Notes on Frank Slootman's 'Amp It Up' — drivers over passengers, direct talk, calibration, and adjacent-market expansion.

Purchased 'HHKB Typing Bed PW-HHC-2'

A walkthrough of buying the HHKB Typing Bed PW-HHC-2 and the roughly four-month wait until it arrived.

Installed VLC Due to QuickTime Freezing Bug on macOS 14 Sonoma

Working around QuickTime freezes on macOS 14 Sonoma by installing VLC via Homebrew Cask.

Shell Script to Open GitHub Issues Updated in the Last n Hours in Browser

A shell script that queries `gh issue list` and batch-opens recently updated GitHub issues in the macOS browser.

Purchased Google Pixel 8 Pro

A record of upgrading from Pixel 7 to Pixel 8 Pro and migrating my data.

Cloudflare Pages Error: Exit with error code: 126 When Specified Node.js Version Is Not Available

Fix Cloudflare Pages `Error: Exit with error code: 126` by pinning .tool-versions to a Node.js version the build image supports.

Books I Read to Learn About Software Testing and QA Engineering

Books I read to get into software testing and QA engineering while forming a new QA team.

The Origin of Software Engineer Culture: 'Personal User Manual / Public User Guide'

Tracing the origin of the Personal User Manual culture back to Urs Hölzle's A Guide To Urs and beyond.

Participated in AWS CTO Night and Day 2023

A record of attending AWS CTO Night and Day 2023 in Fukuoka, with links to attendee recaps.

Debugging GitHub Actions for GitHub Pages Deployment by Deploying on Every Push

Set the GitHub Actions workflow to on: push: only, so every push deploys to GitHub Pages for quick debugging.

Joined the Japan CTO Association as an Individual Member

About a year after being appointed CTO, I joined the Japan CTO Association as an individual member.

Reading Notes: 'Org Design for Design Orgs' by Peter Merholz / デザイン組織のつくりかた

Notes from 'Org Design for Design Orgs' on focused leadership and the centralized partnership model.

marp-vscode Is Recommended for Creating Slides from Markdown

Why I picked marp-vscode for building slides from Markdown entirely inside VS Code.