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English articles by Shingo Suzuki.</description><link>https://suzushinlab.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>I Built PomoLab, a Pomodoro Timer That Records Your Work Time</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/pomolab-pomodoro-timer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/pomolab-pomodoro-timer/</guid><description>Why I made PomoLab, how to alternate focus and breaks, and how its locally stored history and charts help me look back on my work.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Adding Daily Streaks to My Chess App, Caltrilo</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/caltrilo-daily-streaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/caltrilo-daily-streaks/</guid><description>I added daily streaks to Caltrilo, my chess review app. Here&apos;s why I built the feature, how it works, and my first impressions of using it.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:06:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I Moved My Blog from WordPress to Astro: A New Suzushin Lab</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/wordpress-to-astro-renewal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/wordpress-to-astro-renewal/</guid><description>Why I rebuilt Suzushin Lab with Astro, how I worked with Codex, and how I preserved existing articles while connecting the blog with my apps.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I Used AI to Make and Post a Pinterest Pin for a Blog Article</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/ai-pinterest-blog-pin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/ai-pinterest-blog-pin/</guid><description>How I made a reusable Codex skill for Pinterest images and copy, and what eight impressions and one outbound click told me after about two days.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Adding AI Play to Caltrilo: From a Stockfish Game to Review and Practice</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/caltrilo-stockfish-games-review-practice/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/caltrilo-stockfish-games-review-practice/</guid><description>I added Stockfish games to Caltrilo and tried the full play, analysis, and puzzle-review cycle. Here are the new features, my impressions, and what still needs work.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:06:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I Built Caltrilo to Turn My Chess Games into Tactics Puzzles</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/caltrilo-chess-tactics-from-your-games/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/caltrilo-chess-tactics-from-your-games/</guid><description>Why I built Caltrilo to review missed opportunities in my own chess games, how to import games and solve puzzles, and what I learned while making it.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:06:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>My Roadmap Toward Chess GM, Starting at a Rating of 428</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/chess-gm-roadmap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/chess-gm-roadmap/</guid><description>I look at title requirements, distinguish Chess.com from FIDE ratings, and map out gradual goals for my own grandmaster challenge.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>My Chess Isn&apos;t Improving, but My Duolingo Streak Keeps Going</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/duolingo-chess-streak/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/duolingo-chess-streak/</guid><description>I&apos;ve kept a 286-day Duolingo streak even while avoiding chess games. An honest look at consistency that hasn&apos;t yet translated into stronger play.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Far Can I Get If I Seriously Aim to Become a Chess Grandmaster?</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/chess-gm-challenge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/chess-gm-challenge/</guid><description>Starting with a Chess.com Rapid rating of 465, I&apos;m launching a challenge to work toward GM, with milestones and honest monthly progress reports.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>My Personal Top 10 Nana Mizuki Songs After 16 Years as a Fan</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/nana-mizuki-top10/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/nana-mizuki-top10/</guid><description>An entirely subjective ranking of my favorite Nana Mizuki songs, with the memories and performances that make them special to me.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I Earned Japan&apos;s Free Level 3 End-of-Life Planning Guide Qualification</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/end-of-life-planning-guide-level-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/end-of-life-planning-guide-level-3/</guid><description>Thinking about my parents&apos; future led me to an introductory shukatsu qualification. Here&apos;s what I learned, how the exam felt, and where it fell short.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I Rebuilt My Claude Code Editorial Team—and Started Writing the Articles Myself</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/claude-code-editorial-renewal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/claude-code-editorial-renewal/</guid><description>Why I changed my AI-assisted blogging process, removed the ghostwriting role, and separated editorial feedback from proofreading.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Finding New Artists on Spotify by Following Similar Songs</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/spotify-new-artist-discovery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/spotify-new-artist-discovery/</guid><description>How I broke out of listening to the same favorites, explored Spotify&apos;s similar-music suggestions, and found five artists I wanted to hear more of.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Building an MTG Deck Around a Concept: My Izzet Drakes Example</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/mtg-deck-building-concept/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/mtg-deck-building-concept/</guid><description>Starting with Enigma Drake and Guttersnipe, I explain how I chose cards around an idea, what went wrong against fast decks, and what I&apos;d like to change.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Social Media Wore Me Out, So I Deleted My Accounts—and Felt Lighter</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/delete-sns-accounts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/delete-sns-accounts/</guid><description>Seeing other people&apos;s polished lives left me exhausted. Here&apos;s how leaving X, Instagram, and TikTok felt, and what I want to do with the time I regained.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I Haven&apos;t Played on Chess.com for a Month, Because I&apos;m Afraid to Lose</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/chess-avoiding-real-games/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/chess-avoiding-real-games/</guid><description>I&apos;ve kept studying chess on Duolingo while avoiding actual games. An honest account of where I am and how I hope to restart with the basics.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>My Personal Rules for Making Complex Passwords I Can Remember</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/memorable-complex-password/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/memorable-complex-password/</guid><description>After forgetting a random password, I began building passwords from a memorable phrase and service-specific rules. Here&apos;s the approach and the risk that its shared patterns could expose other passwords.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I Cleared Side Orsterra Part 1 in Octopath Traveler Without Spending Money</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/octopath-traveler-no-pay-ending/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/octopath-traveler-no-pay-ending/</guid><description>About a week and 20 hours into my challenge, I reached an ending in Champions of the Continent. Here&apos;s my party, approach, and honest reaction.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>My AI-Made Shiba Inu LINE Stickers Passed Review and Went on Sale</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/line-sticker-shiba-ai-codex/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/line-sticker-shiba-ai-codex/</guid><description>Why I tried making LINE stickers, how switching from ChatGPT to Codex eased the work, and the honest sales situation just after launch.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I Built Bookmarklet Maker to Compress JavaScript into One Line</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/bookmarklet-maker-tool/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/bookmarklet-maker-tool/</guid><description>A small Studio tool that turns JavaScript into bookmarklets, plus the comment-handling bug and WordPress security filter I encountered.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Teaching Myself Programming, and My Mixed Feelings About Vibe Coding</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/self-taught-programming-vibe-coding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/self-taught-programming-vibe-coding/</guid><description>From C to TypeScript, I&apos;ve learned programming on my own. Now AI helps me build more, but I&apos;m unsure how to balance convenience with learning.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saying “I&apos;ll Do It” First: My Way of Sticking with Things</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/public-commitment-continuation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/public-commitment-continuation/</guid><description>I noticed that I&apos;d used public commitment in blogging and gaming before I had results—or even confidence. Here&apos;s why it seems to help me continue.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent—My First Free-to-Play Impressions</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/octopath-traveler-no-pay-first-impression/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/octopath-traveler-no-pay-first-impression/</guid><description>After clearing Chapter 1 of Master of Wealth, I share my impressions of Herminia, the interface, and an unexpectedly tough first boss.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I&apos;m Trying Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent Without Spending Money</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/octopath-traveler-no-pay-challenge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/octopath-traveler-no-pay-challenge/</guid><description>Why this RPG fan is starting a no-spending challenge, the rules I&apos;ve set, and my honest uncertainty before even downloading the game.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I&apos;ve Started Publishing on note Alongside My Blog</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/start-publishing-on-note/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/start-publishing-on-note/</guid><description>Why I&apos;m trying a second publishing space, how I plan to separate the content, and why monetization is part of the challenge.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I Built Card Codex to Search and Save Magic: The Gathering Cards</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/card-codex-mtg-tool/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/card-codex-mtg-tool/</guid><description>My second Studio app searches MTG cards with Scryfall and exports saved cards as images or deck lists. Here&apos;s why I made it and what I improved.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I Turned My Original Card Game, Override, into a Web Game</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/override-web-game/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/override-web-game/</guid><description>How I built a browser version of Override with TypeScript and Phaser, added AI play, and refined it through use and feedback.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Override Classic: A Two-Player Game I Invented with an Ordinary Deck</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/override-classic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/override-classic/</guid><description>The rules of Override Classic, a game born during a hospital stay: make a line on a 5×5 board, or overwrite cards with stronger ones.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MTG&apos;s Five Colors Explained, with a Playstyle Checklist</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/each-color-features-in-magic-the-gathering/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/each-color-features-in-magic-the-gathering/</guid><description>A beginner-friendly introduction to white, blue, black, red, and green, plus a checklist to help you choose a color that suits the way you like to play.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I&apos;ve Reset My Blog Over Ten Times. Here&apos;s What I&apos;m Changing This Time</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/blog-reset-repeat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/blog-reset-repeat/</guid><description>Why I keep starting over, what makes blogging feel lonely, and how I&apos;m trying systems and an AI agent team to make continuing easier.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I Made a Claude Code Agent Team for My Blog</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/claude-code-agent-team/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/claude-code-agent-team/</guid><description>Seven AI roles for ideas, SEO, writing, proofreading, and monetization—and the practical obstacles I encountered while building them.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How I&apos;m Trying to Improve at Chess Through Self-Study at Rating 500</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/chess-self-study-tips/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/chess-self-study-tips/</guid><description>The games, tactics, reviews, openings, and engine analysis I&apos;m exploring as a beginner learning chess on my own.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I Made My Own Chess Ranks, with Chess.com 1600 as First Dan</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/chess-rating-rank-system/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/chess-rating-rank-system/</guid><description>A personal dan and kyu scale based on Chess.com Rapid ratings, with 100-point milestones and ranks retained after reaching them.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hello, I&apos;m Shingo Suzuki: Recording My Attempts to Turn Life Around</title><link>https://suzushinlab.com/en/introduction-life-turnaround/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://suzushinlab.com/en/introduction-life-turnaround/</guid><description>Why I started Suzushin Lab, the challenges I&apos;m taking on, and why I want to share the process as honestly as the results.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>