Last Updated:  March 23rd, 2026 at 4:52:49 PM GMT+9 Today is:  Friday, April 24, 2026

Hi there 👋

Bilingual IT consultant in Japan since 1987. Based in Yokohama, working in Tokyo.

Career

I came to Japan in 1987 as a research student at the University of Tokyo. Programming turned out to be far more interesting than animal experiments, so I pivoted to tech.

My first job (around 1989) was at a telephone card ("teleca") design company, where I built and ran the office network. This was right when "DOS/V" machines were taking off in Japan after IBM released the PS/2 with its kanji processing chip. A PS/2 cost around ¥2M; a DOS/V clone was maybe ¥250K. That's where my technical career started.

From there I moved to a network support company doing helpdesk, user support, and network engineering. In 1993 I co-founded a PC training company, serving as CIO and building the technology operations side from scratch.

In the summer of 1999 I founded eSolia Inc., my current firm. We've been providing bilingual IT outsourcing and infrastructure services to international companies in Tokyo for over 26 years, and are working on ISO 27001 implementation.

Current Tech Stack

Building web applications in TypeScript with SvelteKit + Cloudflare Workers. Full-stack on D1 (SQLite), R2, and KV.

Projects:

• cogley.jp — Articles on tech, business, and Japan (SvelteKit + Cloudflare Workers)
• svelte.cogley.jp — Interactive migration reference: React/Vue/Angular to Svelte 5 (bilingual EN/JA)
• rick.cogley.jp — Profile site
• pulse.esolia.co.jp — Security & compliance management. Tracks compliance against ISO 27001, CIS Controls, and other frameworks (SvelteKit + Cloudflare Workers)
• periodic.esolia.co.jp — DNS & email security monitoring. Drift detection for DMARC/SPF/DKIM and domain security (SvelteKit + Cloudflare Workers)
• courier.esolia.co.jp — Secure file sharing with PIN protection and auto-expiry for sensitive communications (SvelteKit + Cloudflare Workers)

"Instead of being fearful of failing a challenge, fear doing nothing." — Soichiro Honda

😤 Currently: Swamped

Working on: Centralized types in core package, scripts and rules in .github repo

Packed schedule, minimal interruptions

GitHub Activity (last 30 days)

881 commits  |  782 this week  |  🔥 29-day streak

Languages: TypeScript (13) · Svelte (2) · PowerShell (1) · Python (1) · Vento (1) Active repos (11): eSolia/codex eSolia/esolia-2025 RickCogley/pub-cogley eSolia/nexus eSolia/periodic and 6 more

What I'm Up To This Week

Themes: tech business

Activity: 0 posts, 4 articles this week

Currently Reading

📖 User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play by Cliff Kuang, Robert Fabricant

Latest Posts

• 📝 Cloudflare Workers HTML to Markdown: Free-Plan Edition _tech
• 📝 Cloudflare Workers無料プランでHTML→Markdown変換 _tech
• 📝 SECURITY ACTION: Japan's Free SME Security Credential _business
• 📝 SECURITY ACTION：中小企業の無料セキュリティ制度 _business
• 💬 I have been successfully using Anthropic Claude and I like how it works.... _tech

Content Stats

Type	Count
Posts	2260
Articles	82
Podcasts	9
Pages	10

System Architecture

graph LR
    subgraph "Content Creation"
        A[Markdown Files] --> B[pub-cogley CMS]
        C[Quick Posts] --> B
    end
    subgraph "pub-cogley Platform"
        B --> D[(D1 Database)]
        D --> E[REST API]
        E --> F[api.cogley.jp]
    end
    subgraph "Distribution"
        F --> G[cogley.jp Website]
        F --> H[GitHub Profile README]
        F --> I[Syndication]
    end
    subgraph "Syndication Targets"
        I --> J[Bluesky]
        I --> K[Mastodon]
        I --> L[Nostr]
    end
    style B fill:#f9f,stroke:#333
    style F fill:#bbf,stroke:#333

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Content Flow

flowchart TD
    A[New Post Created] --> B{Post Type?}
    B -->|Micro| C[Short-form Content]
    B -->|Article| D[Long-form Content]
    B -->|Podcast| E[Audio Content]
    C --> F[pub-cogley API]
    D --> F
    E --> F
    F --> G[cogley.jp]
    F --> H[Syndicate to Bluesky]
    F --> I[Syndicate to Mastodon]
    F --> J[Syndicate to Nostr]
    F --> K[GitHub README via Lume]
    style F fill:#bbf,stroke:#333
    style G fill:#bfb,stroke:#333

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Build Stats

Item	Value
Repo Total Files	0
Repo Size in KB	5049
Lume Version	v3.2.4
Deno Version	2.7.13 (linux x86_64)
V8 Version	14.7.173.20-rusty
Typescript Version	5.9.2
Timezone	Asia/Tokyo

How does this readme work?

I'm generating this readme using the Lume static site generator, pulling data from my pub-cogley API. See this page for details to get your own!

Tech Stack