Takaya Kobayashi
Representative Partner
Chiyoda, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolTakaya Kobayashi is a seasoned web application engineer and entrepreneur with 14 years of experience, currently leading Coming Soon, LLC as Representative Partner while also working as a freelance engineer in Tokyo's Chiyoda district. He blends backend craftsmanship—evident from significant refactors to the Node.js foreman project—with front-end refinement shown by improvements to Atom's vim-mode status bar, plus localization experience that brought CodeCombat to Japanese users. Comfortable across the stack, he focuses on maintainability, readability and pragmatic tooling changes that improve team velocity. His career spans startups and established firms in Japan, and he frequently contributes to open-source projects where small, well-targeted changes yield outsized user benefit.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
学士, 情報学, 学士, 情報学 at 京都工芸繊維大学 / Kyoto Institute of Technology準学士, 電子情報工学, 準学士, 電子情報工学 at 福井工業高等専門学校 / Fukui National College of Technology
Github Skills (20)
atom-editor10
javascript10
coffeescript10
translation10
internationalization10
j10
localization10
japa10
nodejs10
refactoring10
command-line-interface9
implement9
command-line9
front-end-development9
cli9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
strongloop/node-foreman
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
A Node.js Version of Foreman
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 3 PRs, 5 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Takaya primarily refactored and improved the `node-foreman` project, focusing on code quality and maintainability. They made changes to several core files, including `nf.js`, `proxy.js`, `forward.js`, `lib/colors.js`, `lib/console.js`, `lib/envs.js`, `lib/exporters.js`, and `lib/proc.js`, indicating a broad understanding of the project's architecture. The commits include adjustments to the build process, and the linting setup, alongside refactoring for improved readability.
node-jsnodejsforeman
codecombat/codecombat
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Game for learning how to code.
Role in this project:Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 1 comment in 6 days
Contributions summary:Takaya primarily focused on translating the CodeCombat game interface into Japanese. Their contributions involved modifying the `ja.coffee` localization file to translate various strings related to the about page, class summaries, community pages, and teacher-related content. The user's work ensured that the game's content, including text on the teachers' page, was available in Japanese, improving accessibility for Japanese-speaking users. This involved adapting existing strings and adding new translations.
game
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