What Tech Stacks Are Software Engineers Using in Tokyo Startups?Hello! It’s Thursday—let’s talk about the tech stack I use at work 👨💻 As a startup, we use a mix of tools to stay fast and flexible. We do use Slack for communication, but we don’t have advanced integrations like webhooks for deployment notificati...Jul 2, 2025·2 min read
What’s a Software Engineer’s Daily Routine in a Tokyo Startup?Hey, I’m Timothy — a software engineer based in Tokyo.If you’ve seen me post here and wonder why I keep going despite the low view count — honestly, this is part of a personal challenge. I’m building a habit of documenting my journey to understand my...Jun 18, 2025·3 min read
Why I Left Building Services EngineeringHi — I’m Timothy.I’m now a software engineer based in Tokyo. But before I ever touched JavaScript seriously, my path started in a very different place: engineering, mechanical systems, and eventually, Building Services Engineering (BSE). This post is...Jun 17, 2025·4 min read
How to Find Your First Tech Job in Japan (From Someone Who Did it)Hello, it’s Timothy here. If you don’t know who I am — I’m a software engineer based in Tokyo. You can check out my intro post for the full backstory. Today I want to share something I wish I had when I first arrived: How do you find your first tech...Jun 16, 2025·3 min read
From Bots to Mini Apps: My First Real Build in a Tokyo Startupこんにちは、Timothyです。This is my second post — and it’s about the first project I picked up after joining a startup in Tokyo. I’m not sure what comes to mind when you think of “startups in Japan.”Something international? Scrappy and fast-moving? Or maybe ...Jun 15, 2025·1 min read
From Hong Kong to Tokyo - A Nonlinear Path into TechHey, I’m Timothy. I’m a software engineer based in Tokyo, originally from Hong Kong. This isn’t one of those stories where everything goes according to plan.In fact, it rarely did. I didn’t get great grades in high school. I didn’t enter university...Jun 14, 2025·2 min read
