Black Cat Notes
SubscribeI’m Kuroneko — building in public. After years working with Japanese companies across manufacturing and IVD for the China market, I pivoted into AI and indie making to ship practical, calm software.
Here I share short takes on AI/product, notes from hands‑on work, and experiments in AI productization, iOS apps & small games, Rust tools, and Python data plumbing. Learn more on my About page.
Recent Posts
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When Imported Drugs Leave China: VBP, generics, and trust
Field notes on China's volume-based procurement (VBP), the recent wave of imported originator drugs withdrawing from the market, and what it might mean for patients, generics, and global pharma from a Japan–China IVD vantage point.
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Simple Warm Reminder: a tiny app I built for my father
Why I built a calm, glass‑styled reminder app for my father instead of another to‑do list, and what I learned from designing for simplicity, trust, and aging minds.
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Sora App: We Might Be Missing the Point
Sora isn’t just about text‑to‑video. OpenAI turned creation into a social loop—Remix, prompt privacy, and Cameo make sharing the default and co‑creation addictive.
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pdf-ops: A Rust Tool to Merge and Split PDFs (CLI + TUI)
Built for my own workflow, pdf-ops merges and splits PDFs from a fast CLI and a keyboard‑only TUI powered by Ratatui. Core features work on macOS; MIT‑licensed and still evolving.