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About

A Kyoto studio named after a Finnish moon.

The name is Finnish. “Lasi” is glass and “kuu” is moon: a glass moon. It stands for clarity and care, two things software too often lacks.

Marko Leinikka, founder of LASIKUU
Founder · Kyoto

Hello

Marko Leinikka · software consultant

I studied computer science at the University of Helsinki and Kyoto University, then spent a few years building software at companies in Finland and Japan. I started LASIKUU to work directly with the people I build for, across the borders and languages my work tends to cross, and with the freedom to build things properly.

Today I work with clients internationally, in English, Japanese, and Finnish, designing and building software solutions and helping companies with technical strategy and decisions.

These are some of the values I keep close: fundamental system design and its architecture; keeping technical and comprehension debt from piling up; and cutting out the unnecessary to get working results to the customer fast.

The story so far

  1. Moving to Japan

    Moved to Japan to study and build a career in software.

  2. LASIKUU is founded

    Founded LASIKUU in Kyoto.

  3. Simucube, principal engineer and consultant

    Started with Simucube as principal engineer and consultant, across AWS, backend, security, and compliance.

  4. Sugi Holdings, lead engineer

    Joined Sugi Holdings (スギホールディングス株式会社) as lead engineer on an international team, working full-stack on AWS.

  5. Simucube Tuner 3.1 released

    Simucube Tuner 3.1 shipped, with my work on the backend and cloud.

  6. Chevon 5th Anniversary site released

    The Chevon 5th Anniversary website went live, built and hosted by LASIKUU end to end, from the code to the infrastructure it runs on.