Summary of Clerk Use Cases

A short summary of the 8 companies featured in Clerk's Trusted by fast-growing companies section.

Google Podcasts Is Ending So I Migrated to YouTube Music and Pocket Casts

Migrating from Google Podcasts to YouTube Music and Pocket Casts before the June 23, 2024 shutdown.

AlphaFold 2 (Open Source) -> AlphaFold 3 (Closed Source)

Why AlphaFold 2 shipped as open source while AlphaFold 3 stayed closed, seen through Isomorphic Labs' commercial angle.

Introduction to Open Source Program Office (OSPO)

A starter reading list on OSPO: what it is, its responsibilities, LF research, and company case studies.

I Became a Linux Foundation Individual Supporter

Notes on becoming a Linux Foundation Individual Supporter and buying the optional lifetime @linux.com email add-on.

Examples of Organizations Prohibiting AGPL License Usage

Examples of organizations that prohibit or strongly discourage AGPL license usage, from Google and Unicharm.

Reading Notes: 'Generative AI: The True Winner'

Notes on 'Generative AI: The True Winner' — geopolitics, the AI/cloud landscape, and where Japanese companies can win.

Lessons from 'Open Source: From Community to Commercialization | Andreessen Horowitz'

Lessons from a16z on OSS business models and why community — not code — is the real competitive moat.

Reading Notes: 'Future-Making Entrepreneurs: Failure and Success Stories of 20 Japan-Born Startups'

Notes from '20 Stories from Japan-Born Startups' on the center-pin strategy and early recruiter/PR hires.

Reading Notes: 'Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution'

Reading notes on 'Open Sources', covering OSS history, branding, licensing, and business strategy.

Attended RubyKaigi 2024

A short record of attending RubyKaigi 2024 on-site as a first-time attendee, with a link to my company's report.

Reading Notes: 'The Startup: Internet Entrepreneurship! Let That Fool Give It a Try'

Notes from 'The Startup' on the commando/general/bureaucrat archetypes and the turning-point gambles founders make.

TSKaigi 2024 Individual Sponsor & Participation Report

A report from TSKaigi 2024 as an individual sponsor and on-site participant, including the sponsor perks.

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`.