2026-04-02

What I did

• Created a production release PR. Requested sync review because domain knowledge gaps make solo verification risky
• Postponed release to next week pending pitch confirmation. Will set up local verification environment by then
• Created Slack channels for PR reviews and scrum development
• Evaluated ticket management tools. Translated project board to English for international team members
• Set up daily standup and wrap-up meetings (optional attendance initially)
• Renamed a repository. Learned that .gitmodules in the parent repo must also be updated for submodule references
• Completed monorepo migration planning
• Translated developer documentation to English for overseas team members
• Removed stale pages from Google Search using Search Console removal requests
• Experimented with AI autopilot implementation. Generated test foundations and documentation with AI

Learnings

Three-Stage Development Methodology

Defined a policy to match development process weight to product phase:

1. Early-stage product → Work directly on main. Speed first
2. Post-launch (with customers) → Lightweight agile. PR + review flow
3. Many customers → Quality-gated releases. Unit tests and E2E required

Applying the same process to everything is inefficient. Adjust process weight to match the phase.

Git Submodule Repository Rename

When renaming a repository, the parent repo's .gitmodules must also be updated. Forgetting this breaks submodule references.

Removing Stale URLs from Google Search

When deleted pages persist in Google Search results:

1. Register the site in Google Search Console
2. Submit a new sitemap (communicates current page structure)
3. Use the "Removals" tool to request URL removal
4. Block the paths in robots.txt (prevents re-indexing)

Removal requests take a few hours to 1 day. Combined with robots.txt, the pages won't be re-indexed even if re-crawled.

Rounded Corner Design as Platform Culture

Adopted rounded corners as a design standard across the entire platform. Applied to tables, buttons, tabs, and brackets. Inspired by Steve Jobs's strong conviction about rounded rectangles -- the idea that right angles don't exist in nature.

Pre-Release Checks Need Automation

Manual pre-release checks are becoming a bottleneck. Unit tests for calculation logic and E2E tests for UI validation are needed. Once the QA foundation is solid, a fully AI-driven automated release flow becomes realistic.

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Matching process weight to development phase is directly tied to team velocity. "Do it properly from the start" sounds right, but in early stages, it's actually a drag.