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2024 Review

As 2024 draws to an end, it’s time for me to reflect on the year’s achievements and challenges.

Professional

Overall, 2024 was a year of growth, and I’m really happy with the improvement in the quality of my work. Here’s what I learned and worked on:

  • Graph Database: Explored and implemented graph database concepts in various projects.
  • Pub/Sub: Gained lots of experience with Publish-Subscribe systems for event-driven architectures.
  • DynamoDB: DynamoDB and used it in production scenarios.
  • Terraform: Improved my skills with Terraform for infrastructure as code.
  • Go: Significantly enhanced my Go programming skills, tackling more complex challenges.
Personal projects

Personal

  • Gym twice a week
  • Fasting once a week (20 hours)
  • Anki every day and language lessons
  • Reading one book very two months
  • Meditation (15 mins a day)
  • Running once a week

For next year check out 2025 Goals . For useful apps here