• I gave a presentation about towncrier, a utility to help generate changelog files in Japanese. Summary of the talk is as follows: For each branch that you're working on, you create a changeling file e.g. 12345.feature.rst. When you run towncrier it will group changelog files based on the type (feature, bug fix etc...) and prepend it to your changelog file. Having those changelog files in your branch makes managing multi-branch staging/test branches. And since you can put whatever you want in the content of the changelog file, you can add release instructions, which makes manually/semi-automatic deploys easier.


• On my run on Monday morning, I ran towards Sakaigawa river. I used to live on the other side of it and run along it regularlly. I was hoping to run on it longer than I did, but it was about 0.5 - 0.75km further than I had anticipated to get there. On the way back, one of the houses close to the river's rooster started crowing. I'm sure the neighbors love that.


• Went to Ikea by car for the first time. Still getting used to Japanese highways and learning where lanes come and go, so it's always an adventure. The cafe was as busy as ever, but they didn't have any meatballs :(. Slowly getting used to the ACC (adaptive-cruise-control) and LKA (lane keep assist) on my Honda Freed. ACC and LKA combined and it drives itself down the road. Looking forward for this all to be over so can do some road trips.

First time by car.

Run down to Sakai-gawa and mostly back. Used to run along it when I lived in Shonandai. Miss those summer rice paddies.

Love these Shinkansen videos. Fun to watch with Leo in the mornings while we play trains. Learn new things and get to see the Japanese countryside.