# Sota Misaki

> A high school student and an active engineer.

Software developer based in Nagoya, Japan. High school student building web apps, CLI tools, and infrastructure.

- [Home](https://sotamisaki.com/)
- [Blog](https://sotamisaki.com/blog)
- [Projects](https://sotamisaki.com/projects)
- [Experience](https://sotamisaki.com/experience)
- [Skills](https://sotamisaki.com/skills)
- [Contact](https://sotamisaki.com/contact)
- [Full content](https://sotamisaki.com/llms-full.txt)

## Blog Posts

- [Direct Markdown Access for Blog Posts](https://sotamisaki.com/blog/markdown-direct-access): Added `.md` endpoints so blog and project pages can be fetched as raw Markdown, with frontmatter included.
- [A Hidden Easter Egg: Circle to Reveal](https://sotamisaki.com/blog/circle-reveal): How a small interactive easter egg on the contact page works — triggered by circular cursor movement, not clicks.

## Projects

- [Twilic — Weaving Repeated JSON into One Wire](https://sotamisaki.com/projects/twilic): A compact binary format for structured data that stays schema-less like MessagePack while shrinking repeated shapes, keys, and strings in batches and sessions.
- [Meijo University Athletics Association Soccer Club Website](https://sotamisaki.com/projects/meijo-soccer): A full redesign and rebuild of the official website for the Meijo University Athletics Association Soccer Club.

## Experience

- Magnet Festival 2026 Live Studio MC (April 2026): Served as the MC for the Magnet Festival 2026 live studio.
- ZEN Study Web App Contest 2025 Winter Award (February 2026): Received the Best Award at the ZEN Study Web App Contest.
- ZEN Study Web Page Contest 2025 Summer Award (October 2025): Received the Best Award at the ZEN Study Web Page Contest.
- Part-time Worker at Amatec Inc. (September 2025): Started working as a part-time employee at Amatec Inc.
- Digital Committee Representative (August 2025): Served as the Digital Committee Representative in the student council.
- ZEN Study Web App Contest 2024 Winter Award (March 2025): Received the Special Viewer's Award at the ZEN Study Web App Contest.
- ZEN Study Web Page Contest 2024 Summer Award (October 2024): Received the Award of Excellence at the ZEN Study Web Page Contest.
- S High School Admission (April 2024): Enrolled in S High School (April 2024 – March 2027).
- Open Data Hackathon Participation (March 2024): Participated in the Tokyo Open Data Hackathon and presented a project.
- Yadokarikun Development Member (March 2024): Worked as a developer of the Yadokarikun estimation support tool.
- Tokyo OSS Party 2024 (March 2024): Participated in Tokyo OSS Party and received a community problem-solving award.
- Joined Gisoukurabu (Tech Creative Club) (January 2024): Joined the Gisoukurabu community to participate in open source development.
- Robot Proficiency Test (MINDSTORMS EV3) Grade 3 (October 2019): Passed Grade 3 of the Robot Proficiency Test for LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3.
- Robot Proficiency Test (WeDo 2.0) Grade 3 (June 2018): Passed Grade 3 of the Robot Proficiency Test for LEGO WeDo 2.0.
- Born (December 2008): Born on December 15, 2008.