Tomoko.T
Representative Partner of Aogumi LLC (合同会社あおぐみ)
Running an English conversation school, planning and executing events, marketing, and developing educational content and materials.
Company website: tech.askdjapy.com
Background
Previously worked as a project manager and engineer at a foreign-affiliated IT consulting company. Notable projects included:
- Web development and maintenance for a major car manufacturer (AWS, PHP)
- A management system for an international government project (Django, Python)
- Web development, infrastructure (domain/SSL/DNS/mail server), reservation systems, and digital materials for the English conversation school I now run
Message
I’ve been running my own English school website for nearly 20 years, which is where I picked up the minimum web development skills I needed. Along the way I built out a lot more — a system to manage 1,200+ video lessons for instructors, student attendance/grading/leveling, an online lesson reservation system — mostly learning what I needed, when I needed it.
In my day-to-day work, my role has always been closer to an engineer and creator handling everything around IT than a typical business owner.
I have a long-standing interest in becoming a stronger full-stack developer, and this blog is where I record what I’m learning while building real things for my own business — from teaching materials to internal tools to AI-assisted production workflows. It’s mainly a record for myself, but I hope it’s useful to others learning similar things.
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