Welcome to Pochang Lab
Technology and craft,
for small joys in everyday life.
Fortunes, brain tests, a daily AI news digest and small games — built with two decades of systems design and a love of music and stories.
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- Systems design
- 20 yrs+
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- AI digest
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POPULAR
Most-played experiments
Free, no sign-up — in order of how often they’re played.
1Animal Fortune
Your birthdate becomes one of 25 animals — with daily luck, readings and compatibility.
Read my fortune
2Brain Age Test
Six quick measurements give your brain age and a ranking on each task. Nothing to type.
Measure my brain
3Omikuji
Shake the box for today’s slip, with odds close to a real shrine and an original verse.
Draw a fortune
4Philosopher Type Quiz
Five questions match your thinking style with one of 100 philosophers.
Find your philosopherNEW
Recently made
The newest experiments in the lab.
New gamePocho Tower
Stack swinging animal blocks all the way to Pocho at level 48.
New toolTake-home pay (FY2026)
Enter a salary to see take-home pay and every deduction.
Story gameThe World Became Slightly Farther Away
Twelve nights of branching conversations at a small bar.
2027Your 2027 fortune
Yearly readings and a ranking for all 25 animals.
PRODUCTS & BOOKS
Products & books
NEW BOOK 2026/06/01
Brain to Product
Build products by handing over intent through voice.
A new book by Pochang Lab representative Motohiro Hirano.A practical development style using voice input and AI agents.
View on Amazon
Jijoden.com
Your life is worth writing.
There is a truer self you can tell only to AI.Gather fragments of memory into a single story.
Take a LookDAILY NEWS
Twenty headlines, in one minute.
Collected and summarized automatically every morning.
HOW WE MAKE
Built end to end, in-house
This site is an experiment too — the daily news, for example, runs itself from collection to delivery.
- Collect news
- AI summarizes
- Pocho explains
- Delivered daily
Systems design
20+ years of systems engineering. Build small, verify, grow.
Music & stories
A craft for things that reach people, from music and fiction.
Everyday tools
From fortunes to tax math — small, useful, a little fun.
NEWS
Latest news
The World Became Slightly Farther Away: Twelve Nights at the Bar
Twelve stories at the bar, with branching conversations, return visits, letters, and a Wakimichi special episode. Free to play.
Introducing nagara, a Voice Player for Listening While You Do Other Things
Meet nagara: an open-source macOS voice player with sentence navigation, adjustable speed, and voices from AivisSpeech or VOICEVOX.
nobetsu, Continuous Dictation Built for Japanese, Is Now Available
nobetsu v1.0.0 brings hands-free, no-limit Japanese dictation to macOS by bypassing the IME bottleneck.
LAB NOTES
Latest lab notes
Official YouTube Channel
The channel shares thoughtful videos on technology and AI practice, social shifts seen through current news, and stories from philosophy and mythology.
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