Japan's book scene is moving from bookstores to libraries(untranslatedjp.substack.com)

231 points by herbertl 1 month ago | 107 comments

I build products to get "unplugged" from the internet(getunplugged.io)

21 points by keplerjst 9 months ago | 5 comments

Book Review: Nixon's Memoirs(justismills.substack.com)

7 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 5 comments

The unbearable joy of sitting alone in a café(candost.blog)

757 points by mooreds 9 months ago | 425 comments

A personal blog essay about the experience and pleasure of sitting alone in a café during a staycation.

How I Obtained a Business Manager Visa in Japan(tokyodev.com)

54 points by pwim 2 years ago | 23 comments

Tokyo Is the New Paris(noahpinion.blog)

41 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 19 comments

The unbearable joy of sitting alone in a café(candost.blog)

757 points by mooreds 9 months ago | 425 comments

A personal blog essay about the experience and pleasure of sitting alone in a café during a staycation.

Why Japanese companies do so many different things(davidoks.blog)

828 points by d0ks 5 months ago | 386 comments

A Substack essay by David Oks explaining the internal logic behind why Japanese corporations diversify into so many unrelated businesses.

The Art of Finishing(bytedrum.com)

609 points by emmorts 2 years ago | 147 comments

A personal blog essay on the ByteDrum blog about a developer's pile of unfinished side projects and the challenge of actually finishing them.

Doing a Machine Learning PhD While Working in Japan(tokyodev.com)

126 points by pwim 26 days ago | 41 comments

A TokyoDev article by Marco Cognetta on completing a computer science PhD at Tokyo Institute of Technology on a MEXT scholarship while working at Google.

Hello, me. It's been a while(themech.net)

336 points by somesoftdev 2 months ago | 178 comments

A personal blog post in which a programmer returns after fourteen years to reflect on filling every quiet moment with podcasts, audiobooks, and social media.

I'm Tired of Being on the Network(matduggan.com)

97 points by sagacity 1 month ago | 93 comments

A personal blog essay by Mat Duggan about growing weary of smartphones and the always-online, constantly connected life.