https://okweird.net/Recent content in About on It's okay to be weirdHugoenSat, 31 Jan 2026 12:15:00 +0900https://okweird.net/posts/2026/01/my-dev-environment-2026/Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:15:00 +0900https://okweird.net/posts/2026/01/my-dev-environment-2026/<p>This is a translated version of <a href="https://okweird.net/ja/posts/2026/01/my-dev-environment-2026/">my Japanese blog post</a>.</p> <h2 id="machine-os">Machine, OS</h2> <p>I&rsquo;ve been using macOS for quite a while. I don&rsquo;t remember exactly when I started, but I think it&rsquo;s been almost 10 years.<br> I&rsquo;m also interested in Linux, and I bought an old ThinkPad and installed Ubuntu on it. But since my company provides a MacBook and I&rsquo;m busy with childcare, I don&rsquo;t want to spend the effort to stay productive on both OSes, so I stick with a MacBook. I have little to complain about so far.<br> Recently, I bought an M5 MacBook Pro for personal use (upgrading from an M1 MacBook Air). Space Black looks pretty cool.</p>https://okweird.net/posts/2025/08/self-introduction-with-launch-of-english-site/Wed, 06 Aug 2025 21:45:00 +0900https://okweird.net/posts/2025/08/self-introduction-with-launch-of-english-site/<p>I&rsquo;ve launched an English version of my site, in addition to my Japanese one.</p> <p>Let me tell you why I launched an English site, and let me introduce myself a little bit.</p> <h2 id="how-my-site-runs">How my site runs</h2> <p>My site runs on Ruby on Rails with Parklife, which can statically build Rack-based apps. I used to use Hugo, but migrated to this combination after being inspired by Ben Sheldon&rsquo;s post: <a href="https://island94.org/2025/01/living-parklife-with-rails-coming-from-jekyll">Living Parklife with Rails, coming from Jekyll | Island94.org</a>.<br> Thanks to Rails, internationalizing the site was somewhat straightforward.</p>https://okweird.net/history/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://okweird.net/history/<h2 id="1985-2002-birth-to-high-school-dropout">1985-2002 Birth to High School Dropout</h2> <ul> <li>Born in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture (July 3, 1985)</li> <li>Dropped out of high school in first year (March 2002)</li> </ul> <h2 id="2002-2011-hikikomori-period">2002-2011 Hikikomori Period</h2> <ul> <li>Spent years as a hikikomori playing overseas video games in English (2002-2010)</li> <li>Enrolled in correspondence high school, then passed high school equivalency exam (October 2011)</li> </ul> <h2 id="2012-2015-information-technology-college">2012-2015 Information Technology College</h2> <ul> <li>Enrolled in an information technology college in Fukuoka City (April 2012)</li> <li>Obtained certifications: Fundamental Information Technology Engineer, Applied Information Technology Engineer, Information Security Specialist</li> <li>Graduated from the information technology college (March 2015)</li> </ul> <h2 id="2015-2017-first-job-experience">2015-2017 First Job Experience</h2> <ul> <li>Joined a group company of the technical college as a contract employee (December 2015)</li> <li>Left the company (February 2017)</li> </ul> <h2 id="2017-2019-part-time-at-catchup">2017-2019 Part-time at Catchup</h2> <ul> <li>Joined Catchup, Inc. as an assistant engineer (October 2017)</li> <li>Participated in baserCMS community activities</li> <li>Left Catchup, Inc. (August 2019)</li> </ul> <h2 id="2019-2023-first-full-time-position-at-gmo-pepabo">2019-2023 First Full-time Position at GMO Pepabo</h2> <ul> <li>Joined GMO Pepabo, Inc. (September 2019)</li> <li>Worked in the Hosting Division on development, maintenance, and operations for services including Lolipop!, MuuMuu Domain, heteml, and Osaipo!</li> <li>Left GMO Pepabo, Inc. (March 2023)</li> </ul> <h2 id="2023-present-smarthr">2023-Present SmartHR</h2> <ul> <li>Joined SmartHR, Inc. (April 2023)</li> <li>Present</li> </ul>