Gentaro Terada
Staff Engineer at KOMOJU by Degica
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolGentaro Terada is a Staff Engineer based in Tokyo with 20 years of hands-on experience building reliable software and leading engineering teams. He blends deep expertise in Ruby and backend systems with a practical commitment to stability—evident from low-level contributions fixing memory leaks and edge-case backups in the widely used Sakura Editor. After more than a decade as Lead Programmer at Eiwa System Management, he now drives technical initiatives at KOMOJU by Degica, focusing on resilient, production-ready services. Gentaro is also a public speaker and maintains a personal site exploring the intersection of Ruby, the internet, and programming, signaling a curiosity for both craft and community. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who prefers fixing root causes over band-aid patches.
20 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, ENGINEERING, Bachelors, ENGINEERING at Teikyo University
English, Japanese
Github Skills (7)
debugging10
debug10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
text-editor10
memory-management9
windows-desktop8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
sakura-editor/sakura
Mar 2006 - Oct 2010
SAKURA Editor (Japanese text editor for MS Windows)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:82 commits in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:This user, aroka, primarily contributed to fixing application errors and improving the functionality of the Sakura editor. The user's commits focused on resolving issues related to backup creation for files without extensions and addressing memory leaks and application errors within the sorting functionality. These code changes involved modifications to core files such as `CEditDoc.cpp` and `CEditView_Command_New.cpp`, indicating a focus on enhancing the editor's core features and stability.
hacklangcpplintmacrosakura-editorcrossword
gentahgr/mib2html
Apr 2013 - Aug 2014
Contributions:84 commits in 1 year 4 months
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