What did I do in 2024?
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What I Did in 2024
Based on the information provided, here's what I did in 2024:
January
- Started the year off sick π·
- Worked on the new Learnso site
- Arrived in Bansko, Bulgaria π§π¬π»π
- Finished reading The Art of Focus
- Tried snowboarding for the first time βοΈ
- Experimented with Appwrite for iOS
- Played with OpenAI Assistants API and function calling π€
- Sorted out taxes πΈ
February
- Finished a Drizzle course and added it to my web stack
- Revisited Obsidian for notetaking πͺ¨
- Set up an admin dashboard for a freelance client
- Started a Viral YouTuber Mastermind
- Worked on a YouTube script writing project π
- Migrated my old Ghost blog to Railway.app
March
- Took a Prompt Engineering for LLMs course π€
- Enjoyed powder days and my first off-piste run through trees βοΈποΈπ²
- Switched to a Bataleon Evil Twin 22-23 snowboard ππ€
- Migrated smaller projects from PlanetScale to Railway.app
- Revamped AI Experiments with a credit system and journalist AI
- Had a retro day on the slopes πͺ©πΊπ
- Worked on an AR project π±
April
- Arrived in Istanbul, Turkey πΉπ·πβ΄οΈ
- Explored the Grand Bazaar π, Spice Market π«, Basilica Cistern π§, Blue Mosque π, and took a ferry to Asia π
- Rebooted my Beeminder Reading Goal
- Built an Arc tab count menubar app
- Built a sleep debt menubar app with email reporting π΄
- Attended Sonar Istanbul 2024 π§ (Hyenah, Joy Orbison, Overmono, 2manydjs)
May
- Started running again ππ»ββοΈ (7km + 5km)
- Built a demo of 2 min app
- Joined a photo walk in Istanbul π·
- Attended NSLondon iOS Meetup π±
- Completed my Motorbike CBT course ποΈ
June-December
The context doesn't provide specific information about what I did from June through December 2024.
Tiny Wins | Matt Spear
2/16/2024
The article documents the author's "tiny wins" throughout 2024, chronicling a year of personal and professional growth across various locations including Bulgaria, Turkey, and Thailand. The entries highlight diverse activities such as learning new skills (snowboarding, flying, motorbike lessons), working on tech projects (launching Ask WWDC, exploring AI technologies), attending meetups, traveling, and engaging in creative and fitness pursuits, demonstrating a dynamic and exploratory lifestyle focused on continuous learning and personal development.
https://mattspear.co/wins
Tiny Wins | Matt Spear
2/24/2025
In 2024, the author documented a year of personal and professional "tiny wins" through a detailed monthly log, highlighting diverse experiences such as travel (visiting Bulgaria, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia), technology projects (developing apps like Ask WWDC and asksite.co), learning new skills (snowboarding, motorbike lessons, flight training), and personal growth activities like fitness challenges, reading, and attending meetups. The journal-style entry captures a dynamic year of exploration, skill development, and incremental progress across multiple domains of life.
https://mattspear.co/wins-2024
Tiny Wins 2023 | Matt Spear
2/16/2024
In 2023, Matthew Spear documented a year of personal and professional "tiny wins" while traveling through various countries in Southeast Asia and Japan, including Thailand, Malaysia, Bali, Vietnam, and Japan. His journey encompassed diverse experiences such as launching digital products like Peek and Veda, learning new technologies, attending tech meetups, completing online courses in AI and programming, mentoring, exploring different cultures, and celebrating personal milestones like turning 30, all while maintaining a spirit of continuous learning and personal growth.
https://mattspear.co/wins-2023
Tiny Wins 2022 | Matt Spear
1/10/2023
In 2022, the author documented a year of "tiny wins" - small achievements and personal growth milestones across various domains including software development, travel, personal projects, and continuous learning. Throughout the year, they traveled extensively across multiple countries, worked on personal and freelance tech projects like Method and Progress, completed numerous online courses, read books, experimented with new technologies, and maintained a spirit of curiosity and self-improvement while embracing a nomadic lifestyle.
https://mattspear.co/wins-2022