# Kyoto Tech Meetup: Oct 30 Wrap-Up

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Published: 2025-10-30

Highlights from the Oct 30 Kyoto Tech Meetup: AI tools, local dev chat, open source picks, and more from Kyoto’s growing tech community.

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Our second [**Kyoto Morning Tech & Coffee**](https://www.ashryan.io/writing/help-kickstart-the-kyoto-tech-meetup-morning-coffee-edition/) brought together another great mix of builders, designers, and technologists living and creating in Kyoto.

We kicked things off with open chat before diving into **Pick/Ask/Give** shares. Pick/Ash/Give is a quick, informal way for everyone to exchange ideas, questions, and resources.

## 🧩 Picks

**Tools:**

- [vue-timeline-chart](https://github.com/laurens94/vue-timeline-chart?ref=ashryan.io) — open source interactive timeline for Vue.js
- [Subcurrent](https://astoria-tech.github.io/subcurrent-astro/?ref=ashryan.io) — a feed aggregator for discovering new posts across community blogs
- [OpenAI Agent Builder](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/agent-builder?ref=ashryan.io) — for quickly prototyping new AI behaviors

**IDEs:**

- [Windsurf](https://codeium.com/windsurf?ref=ashryan.io) — a fork of VS Code built for AI-assisted workflows
- [Cursor](https://cursor.sh/?ref=ashryan.io) — an AI-native IDE
- [Phoenix IDE](https://www.phoenix-ide.com/?ref=ashryan.io) — browser-based IDE for getting started with JavaScript

**Apps:**

- [Yamap](https://yamap.com/?ref=ashryan.io) — an app for hiking and outdoors
- [Sanaru (3R / サンアル)](https://threer.delight-system.co.jp/?ref=ashryan.io) — making sense of trash management in Japan

**Events:**

- [Ship\&Co E-Commerce Connect conference](https://www.shipandco.com/en/ecommerce-connect-2025?ref=ashryan.io) — a Shopify conference in Kyoto

## 💡 Asks

- Tools, frameworks, and discussion for **LLM memory and context persistence**
- **Getting started with JavaScript** and modern development workflows
- Opportunities for **English-language conversation and exchange** in the context of tech career development
- Information about **local and remote-friendly job openings** in tech

## 🤝 Gives

- **Teaching JavaScript** and mentoring beginners

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It’s exciting to see this group start to emerge. We’re already talking about whether to put it on a weekly cadence (currently it’s monthly).

If you’d like to join next time, check out: 👉 [Kyoto Tech Meetup on Meetup.com](https://www.meetup.com/kyoto-tech-meetup/?ref=ashryan.io)

See you at the next one!

- Ash