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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>
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