What have you been up to in 2025?

Generated on 8/12/2025

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Here’s the 2025 snapshot so far:

January

  • Rang in the new year snowboarding in Bansko, Bulgaria
  • Joined Altspace coworking, built a Peek Chrome capture extension, and did the glamorous bit: taxes

February

  • Playing with Polars in Python and building little xbar tools
  • Took part in an ml.school cohort; on‑device TTS experiments
  • Quick trip to Belgrade (Nikola Tesla Museum), plus The Night Agent S1

March

  • Back to Bansko for more riding (hit 31 mph on a black), hosted an iOS meetup
  • Finished MAKE by Pieter Levels, Cursor Course, and a first pass of Zero to SaaS
  • Back in London; Succession S1 and The 12 Week Year

April

  • Revamped my room, new iPhone, and watched Theo’s Stripe Guide
  • Hackaditch sessions, Manchester client meeting, new Canon 1.4 LTM lens
  • Italy trip (Verona → Venice → Modena → Bologna): Lake Garda e‑bike ride, Venice/Murano/Burano, balsamic tasting, Enzo Ferrari Museum

May

  • Istanbul + Sonar Festival (Chemical Brothers, Jamie XX, more), then Dubai (Burj Khalifa, lost in the mall, MB&F M.A.D. Gallery)
  • Landed in Bali; back at Hackagu
  • Added a sponsorship slot to Ask WWDC

June

  • Ask WWDC updated for 2025 and back to working out
  • Saw Snakes and Surfbreaks at Blacksands
  • Modernizing a freelance iOS app (Observable, Swift 6, NavigationStack) and caught the F1 movie at IMAX

If you want a rolling log, I keep it updated here: Tiny Wins 2025.

Tiny Wins | Matt Spear

7/5/2025

The article is a personal log of "tiny wins" from the first half of 2025, documenting the author's diverse experiences and achievements across various domains, including travel (trips to Bulgaria, Serbia, Italy, Dubai, and Bali), technology (building Chrome extensions, exploring programming tools), personal development (taking courses, reading books), and leisure activities (snowboarding, attending festivals, watching documentaries). These small victories represent incremental progress and personal growth across professional, creative, and recreational pursuits.

https://mattspear.co/wins

Tiny Wins 2024 | 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