I’ve a practice right here the place – often – I write up a “this is what I did this yr” put up. Sometimes I write this only for myself as I determine it is a great way to take inventory and actually respect what I am completed. Generally it is only a good approach to say goodbye and stay up for the subsequent yr. I really feel like each yr is extremely busy in addition to thrilling, however type of within the Chinese language curse method. That being stated – my children are wholesome and blissful, my spouse is wholesome and blissful and I am properly employed. It doesn’t matter what else occurs, that is a win for the yr over all.
What I Completed
This was a enormous yr for my weblog and I am very blissful to say that this can be my one hundredth put up! Whereas I am not on the loopy excessive ranges I used to be again within the early 2000s, I have been actually impressed this yr in relation to writing. I found, and wrote about, some actually enjoyable stuff, like Aline.js and Cloudinary. I continued writing in Python and constructed a bunch of Eleventy demos as properly. In case you are actually bored, you possibly can see all my stats for the weblog on my ugly, however purposeful, stats web page.
I additionally continued to put in writing for our group at Adobe on our developer weblog. I launched a ebook with Brian Rinaldi on the Jamstack. On prime of that, I am nonetheless writing for exterior publications. You possibly can see them listed on my About web page. I plan on integrating these articles a bit extra into the weblog through the tactic I described right here: Help Exterior Articles in an Eleventy Weblog
Talking clever, I gave 19 talks, with perhaps a bit extra on the digital facet than in-person. General I am pleased with that, however my present talking queue is type of slim so I want to start out submitting extra CFPs. Additionally think about this an open invitation to anybody studying – I wish to converse to your group!
What I Need in 2023
Survival. Okay, so perhaps a bit greater than that. Final yr I discussed three issues I wished to do in 2022 – be taught Energy Automate, Oracle Cloud Capabilities, and Adobe Signal. I undoubtedly acquired extra acquainted with Energy Automate, and whereas I undoubtedly choose Pipedream, Energy Automate is an extremely highly effective platform. I additionally performed with Adobe Signal, writing just a few weblog posts and simply getting extra acquainted with it. Sadly, I signed up for an Oracle developer account and did the prereqs, I by no means acquired round to truly kicking the tires on their serverless platform.
For this yr, I believe I wish to concentrate on:
- Writing much more Python. Whereas dependency administration and updating is a little bit of a ache, I nonetheless completely love the language itself.
- Lastly take a look at AWS Amplify – one thing I have been that means to do for some time
- Redesign the weblog. The present design is good, however I believe I wish to go even easier, maybe killing off the beautiful pictures I’ve on prime. I’ve seen quite a lot of superb gentle weight blogs recently, tremendous gentle weight, and I believe I wish to go that route. We’ll see.
Thank You
As a closing word, if you happen to truly learn this, thanks. I actually respect the readers who’ve given me suggestions this yr in addition to those that have contributed. At occasions, it might really feel like I am in a room chatting with myself, so any and all suggestions is at all times appreciated.
I will additionally word that you’ll not discover me a lot on the hen facet anymore. I nonetheless have an account, and can nonetheless auto-tweet new weblog posts, however I’ll be primarily on Mastodon. You could find me at https://mastodon.social/@raymondcamden. With this weblog put up, I am even eradicating my Twitter hyperlink from the left hand nav. I’ll return sooner or later, however for now, I am simply happier off of it.
