Week in Tokyo: Startup Grind, Side Projects & Posting Routine

Hello from Tokyo 👋 it's Sunday—time for a weekly recap! 👀

This week has been a productive one:

✅ I wrapped up the login integration with an external API🎨 Started implementing the draft design (you know the drill—startup life means we build it first, then tweak it later 😅)📄 Currently working on the Items page and the dialog component for displaying item details🧠 Also took time to update some parts of the existing app based on our UX/UI designer's feedback

Looking ahead to next week:

• Crack the dialog component logic
• Provide API design feedback to teammates
• Try inserting real data from the API

Outside of work:

📱 I challenged myself to post more regularly—while I didn’t post every day, I'm slowly building a routine around sharing my thoughts🌐 For those who noticed, yes—I have a personal blog now! It's built with Payload CMS, which I self-hosted so I can publish anytime 👨‍💻🎓 I’ve been working through an online backend development certification on Coursera and aiming to finish Module 6 by mid-July

🤫 On the side, I’ve been helping a friend with an LLM-related project in the education space—can’t say too much yet, but it’s exciting!

🚀 Last but not least, I’ve kicked off a new side project—an upgraded version of my final bootcamp project! I’m teaming up with a friend and currently handling the backend setup using Prisma + PostgreSQL + Node MVC.

That’s all for this week—thanks for reading and see you in the next update! 🙌

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