An Event Changed Me to Work for Myself: Attending One Former Colleague’s Funeral

A realization to decide to develop my own software/apps.

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I developed several highly acclaimed software and apps, solo and in my spare time:

• TestWise (known as iTest2), next-gen functional testing IDE (2006 — now)
  Demonstrated at Agile 2009 workshop, 2010 Ruby Award Finalist, .., more recognitions here.
• ClinicWise, a practice management software (dev: 2013–2022)
  (still running) A system I originally developed for my brother’s dental clinic, later used by other businesses.
• SiteWise CMS — Content Management System (2012 — present)
  All AgileWay products’ sites are hosted on SiteWise. Ceased services for external businesses.
• BuildWise — Continuous Testing Server (2014 — present)
  Received the runner-up prize of the 2018 Ruby Award in Japan.
• WhenWise (2018 — present), an online service booking app.
• And several others, including SupportWise (internal use), LoadWise (deprecated in 2013), and TestWisely (a new PAAS).

Many software professionals would be surprised by the above workload, by one person in his spare time…