In general I find value in reflecting on what I have done in the past year. It enables me to put things into perspective, and aknowledge the accomplishments, which in my experience is key to staying inspired and motivated. While I typically prefer pen and paper. I’ve decided to leave a trace here, for future reference mostly.

That said, here are some of my highlights from 2025.

Web Development

• Started following @theo on Youtube and X and learned a ton from him
• Started indie hacking along side my freelance work
• Built my first idea for a micro-sass: Memorize The Movements
• Learned how to self-host using Coolify / Docker + moved al my existing sites to a new and better VPS
• Learned Astro and built my first site with it

Music

• Returned to regular guitar practice
• Released an EP with Lucarnes called Lost & Found
• Co-wrote and recorded a single called Sure As Heaven with TonyMody
• Worked on my solo EP but didn’t manage to finish it yet (1 track to go)

Tech

• Cancelled ChatGPT subscription and moved to T3Chat (don’t think I’m ever going back)
• Moved from Ubuntu (that I had been using for years) to Omarchy linux on my pc

Family

• Had a new kid
• Taught my 4yo how to swim and how to read & write English (work in progress, but many meaningful milestones reached), and had a lot of fun with him exploring all kinds of other activites and aspects of the world with him

Other

• Worked on learning new languages consistently (Indonesian, Spanish, Arabic) via DuoLingo
• Got back into exercising daily
• Built some hands-on real-world things (a kitchen for my mother in law, foundations for a barn/store)
• Succesfully did cloned a very productive lemon tree via air-layering