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+Document: WM-002                                                 P. Webb
+Category: Life                                                2016.12.27
+
+                       What I've achieved in 2016
+
+Abstract
+
+   Looking back on the awesome things that's happened to me in 2016.
+
+Body
+
+   Last year, I decided to look back[1] on everything I've
+   learned/achieved and it was a great reflective experience. So, here
+   it is again for 2016!
+
+   1. Became a father to a newborn
+
+      I was already a dad but I've never experienced taking care of a
+      *brand new* life. I was worried that my son wouldn't like me and
+      other silly non-sensical things like that. In reality, it is
+      *super* challenging at times but he's a happy boy who has no
+      problem falling asleep in my arms. And biting me. And farting on
+      me. Needless to say, he's super comfortable with his papa. 😁
+
+      📸[Ian Asher and I][IMG1]
+
+   2. Moved all my projects to GitLab
+
+      After running my own email server for half a year, I wondered why
+      I was *still* paying GitHub for private repos. What they
+      ~~charged~~ used to charge didn't make sense so I set up a
+      personal GitLab instance[2] and I couldn't be happier. I have
+      unlimited private repos for *$40/month* (my server has *4GB of*
+      *RAM* and *60GB of storage*). Because you can never be too sure, I
+      have backups enabled for *$8/month*.
+
+   3. Moved all my email to Mail-in-a-Box
+
+      Just like with GitHub, I didn't understand why I was paying Hover
+      $200/year for hosting my email when I *already* had a
+      Mail-in-a-Box[3] instance hosting one[4] of my them. Thankfully,
+      it's relatively easy[5] to add multiple domains to the same box.
+      It currently costs me *$10/month* for *unlimited* email accounts
+      versus $200/year for merely 10 (my server has *1GB of RAM* and
+      *30GB of storage*).
+
+   4. Released a SaaS product
+
+      I buy a lot of books on Amazon and never get around to reading
+      them. That wasn't the case with The 7 Day Startup[6]. After
+      reading the book (it was a quick read), I was super motivated to
+      bring an idea (I sat on for about a year) to life. That idea was
+      BeachfrontDigital[7], a domain portfolio management tool. My
+      market focus is quite niche, it's for people who buy multiple
+      domains from multiple registrars. The problem I am solving
+      involves keeping track of all your domains and renewal dates. Some
+      TLDs also renew 30 days before expiration and I intend to include
+      this kind of information in V2. I've gotten some great feedback
+      and I look forward to enhancing the service in 2017.
+
+      Related to releasing BeachfrontDigital, I learned how to use
+      Feathers.js[8] more, used MongoDB[9] and mongoose[10] for the
+      first time, and in production (I love them both now), and other
+      back-end web development things. I'm a firm believer that side
+      projects are key to learning new things. Your day job most likely
+      won't challenge you to try drastically different things from what
+      you're used to, which can stifle your personal growth.
+
+   5. Hosted my first pop-up shop
+
+      My clothing brand WEÖM[11] had a pop-up shop in one of WeWork
+      South Station's conference rooms. Along with my friend Angel[12],
+      we had fun collaborating on 2017 collections when we weren't
+      chatting with people who stopped by. It was a *great* learning
+      experience! In the time since, I've decided to transition/rebrand
+      WEÖM to become a space-centric lifestyle brand instead of being
+      *just* a clothing brand. There's still a lot of work to be done,
+      but look forward to visiting the new world I'm building around it!
+
+      📸[Bridget rocking the signature snapback][IMG2]
+
+   6. Had my first interview
+
+      Revision Path[13] is a weekly interview podcast, Patreon[14], and
+      Slack group[15] that I've been a fan of for quite some time. The
+      host, Maurice Cherry[16], likes to interview people on the come up
+      doing interesting things. So, imagine my surprise when he asked to
+      interview *me*! We tried recording while I was in my apartment but
+      houses in Massachusetts are old so my microphone was picking AM
+      radio signals. 😒 I wasn't hearing that weirdness but Maurice is
+      in Atlanta and was hearing ads for Harvard, lol! Long story short,
+      we had to reschedule and the interview will be out in January.
+      *Great* way to start off the new year!
+
+   7. Published my first module to npm
+
+      My module is called `hexo-render-sass` and I made it before
+      realizing that similar modules exist…oh well (it doesn't help that
+      the official Hexo site[17] fails to list Sass plugins on the
+      site). It was another great learning experience and it took away
+      the mystic mumbo jumbo I associated npm modules with. You can find
+      it here[18].
+
+   And that's it!
+
+      I'll end this post with my best nine Instagram photos of 2016,
+      according to Lip Inc[19]. 🕸
+
+      📸[My best 9 Instagram photos of 2016][IMG3]
+
+References
+
+   [1]    <https://2016.dsgn.io/thoughts/post/what-ive-achieved-in-2015>
+   [2]    <https://paulwebb.software>
+   [3]    <https://mailinabox.email>
+   [4]    <https://thenetwork.email>
+   [5]    <https://mailinabox.email/maintenance.html#multiple-domains>
+   [6]    <https://www.amazon.com/Day-Startup-Learn-Until-Launch/dp/1502472392>
+   [7]    <https://beachfront.digital>
+   [8]    <http://feathersjs.com>
+   [9]    <https://www.mongodb.com>
+   [10]   <https://mongoosejs.com>
+   [11]   <https://weom.space>
+   [12]   <https://www.instagram.com/angel_garc>
+   [13]   <https://revisionpath.com>
+   [14]   <https://patreon.com/revisionpath>
+   [15]   <https://revisionpath.herokuapp.com>
+   [16]   <https://twitter.com/mauricecherry>
+   [17]   <https://hexo.io/plugins>
+   [18]   <https://www.npmjs.com/package/hexo-render-sass>
+   [19]   <https://2016bestnine.com>
+   [IMG1] <https://🔥.pixels.wtf/blog/image/2016/what-ive-achieved-this-year-a.jpg>
+   [IMG2] <https://🔥.pixels.wtf/blog/image/2016/what-ive-achieved-this-year-b.jpg>
+   [IMG3] <https://🔥.pixels.wtf/blog/image/2016/what-ive-achieved-this-year-c.jpg>