Nicolas Ishihara https://www.nikorasu.dev/ I’m Nicolas, based in Osaka. I work in customer success and go-to-market for developer platforms in Japan, build websites and tools, and play mahjong professionally. Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:13:13 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html https://github.com/jpmonette/feed en Nicolas Ishihara https://www.nikorasu.dev/favicon.ico https://www.nikorasu.dev/ All rights reserved 2026 <![CDATA[From Buenos Aires to the pro tables]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/from-buenos-aires-to-the-pro-tables https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/from-buenos-aires-to-the-pro-tables Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[Customer success in Japan: a practical guide for enterprise accounts]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/customer-success-in-japan https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/customer-success-in-japan Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[How large Japanese companies actually adopt AI coding tools]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/generative-ai-in-japanese-enterprises https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/generative-ai-in-japanese-enterprises Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[What professional mahjong taught me about decisions]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/what-mahjong-taught-me https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/what-mahjong-taught-me Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[Why I still write code in a customer-facing job]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/skill-synergy https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/skill-synergy Fri, 05 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[From translator to frontend engineer: how I actually switched careers in Japan]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/from-language-to-tech https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/from-language-to-tech Thu, 04 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[How I fit pro mahjong, music and the gym around a remote job]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/melody-of-interests https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/melody-of-interests Thu, 04 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[Moving to Japan to work in tech: what I’d tell myself in 2016]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/developer-working-abroad https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/developer-working-abroad Wed, 03 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[Web design for Japanese users: what changes besides the language]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/cultural-nuance-development https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/cultural-nuance-development Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[Learning English, Japanese and Chinese: what worked and what I’d skip]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/language-learning https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/language-learning Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[Localization is not translation]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/localization-in-web-development https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/localization-in-web-development Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[Working in English, Japanese and Spanish on one Mac]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/multilingual-developer-day https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/multilingual-developer-day Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[What teaching Japanese taught me about onboarding customers]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/leveraging-diverse-experiences https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/leveraging-diverse-experiences Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[Working from Osaka for a San Francisco company: time zones, async and evenings]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/navigating-remote-work https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/navigating-remote-work Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[How I use Claude Code every day, and how I check its work]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/problem-solving-web-creative-thinking https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/problem-solving-web-creative-thinking Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara) <![CDATA[Explaining Japanese enterprise deals to a US headquarters]]> https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/working-for-us-in-japan https://www.nikorasu.dev/articles/working-for-us-in-japan Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT ishihara@nikorasu.dev (Nicolas Ishihara)