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Eikaiwa Admin Dev Diary #7 - Teacher View

2026-08-05 •
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Just a quick update this week to say I'm currently working on filtering out everything a teacher shouldn't have access to.

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Eikaiwa Admin Dev Diary #6 - Reworking the Manager Inbox

2026-07-28 •
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The hot weather we're experiencing in Gifu is hurting my productivity this week, but I did manage to overhaul the "Important Notices" widget.

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Eikaiwa Admin Dev Diary #5 - Expenses and Payroll History

2026-07-21 •
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I've made two very important additions to Eikaiwa Admin over the last week, working feverishly through the bank holiday weekend to complete the historical tracking capabilities of the system.

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Eikaiwa Admin Dev Diary #4 - Class Duplication and Calendar Overhaul

2026-07-12 •
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As promised in the last dev diary, I spent the week implementing class, event and program duplication to make planning future lessons easier, and I also overhauled the calendar feature.

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Eikaiwa Admin Dev Diary #3 - Staff Names and Future Classes

2026-07-05 •
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Progress has been a bit slower recently due to my teaching schedule... and time spent browsing the Steam Summer Sale for video game bargains! I did find time to work on two important areas however.

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Eikaiwa Admin Dev Diary #2 - Historical Billing Records

2026-06-25 •
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I've thrown myself into coding this last couple of weeks and have managed to implement both historical lesson records and billing records. These are completely unaffected by changes to course names, textbooks, pricing and other settings.

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Eikaiwa Admin Dev Diary #1 - Freezing Lesson History

2026-06-17 •
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I recently attended the 5th Annual InTogether School Owners EXCHANGE in Gifu. I met a lot of knowledgeable people and a few that showed interest in my Eikaiwa Admin project. So I've decided to start a diary with updates on the current progress. I'll try to do this weekly!

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First Look at My Eikaiwa Management System

2026-03-05 •
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If you're an English school owner in Japan, you might be interested to know that I'm working on a backend admin panel to make you management duties easier.

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Almost Finished My Wordsearch Book

2026-02-03 •
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One project I've been working on this year is a wordsearch workbook for Japanese students studying for "Eiken" English exams. This is something I've been wanting to make for ages, and with Gemini's help, I've almost finished the first book.

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A PHP Fix for "Gmail Isn't Responding"

2026-01-17 •
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Every time I emailed the latest post from my gaming blog to my subscribers, the Gmail app on mobile would hang with the message "Gmail isn't responding." Thankfully, I finally found a fix!

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