About

I have been programming since the early days of home computers, and that is what my whole career has been built on. I am based on the Shimabara Peninsula in Nagasaki, in the southwest of Japan, and work remotely on projects across the country.
The open surroundings here shape how I approach a problem, and I put that into building software that holds up over time.

My strongest area is web services built around AI, backed by long experience in image processing and video systems. If you have a project in mind, the contact form is in the menu at the top right.

Portrait of Toru Inoue

Career

  1. 2026
  2. Security assessment tool for AI-generated applications

  3. Authoring assistant for sales proposal decks

  4. AI-assisted defect inspection for railway rolling stock

  5. Moved to Nagasaki Prefecture

    2023
  6. AI-assisted proofreading workflow

  7. Image processing algorithms: optimization and performance work

  8. Went independent as a contract engineer

    2022
  9. Workflow tool for the animation production industry

  10. Started taking side work, in line with my employer’s policy at the time

    2020
  11. Web service development in HR tech

    2019
  12. Internal tooling, real estate marketplace operations, and proptech R&D

    2017
  13. Image processing algorithms for autonomous driving: optimization and performance work

    2015
  14. Design improvements to an electron microscope control system

    2012
  15. Web service for operating compact LED signage

    2009
  16. Operation system for large LED displays, including sports venue screens and wide in-store displays

    2008
  17. LED information displays for railway platforms

    2003
  18. Control system for outdoor LED displays

    2001
  19. Moved to Tokyo; web services and systems development

    2000
  20. Water treatment plants: design, scheduling and on-site work

  21. Graduated from a technical college in Tokyo, information and electronic engineering

    1994
  22. Graduated from Ibaraki Prefectural technical high school, electro-mechanical engineering

    1991
  23. Wrote my first program

    1984