It feels as if 2025 has flown by. Looking back it always interesting around this time, so let’s see what this year has brought.
Personal#
This year was a great one for our family. We…
- took a trip to Hawaii in November
- got formally engaged
- our daughter started daycare and is enjoying it immensely
- baby #2 on the way for May 2026
- I’ve really been enjoying being a dad, seeing our daughter grow right before our eyes is something I can’t really put into words.
Business#
Business was solid this year, but we can always be doing more. I made a pivot towards development and have built
- Revere slowing down real estate-wise, ramping up toward SaaS/development/consulting
- Completed 5 development projects, a few carrying over into the New Year that I am enjoying working on
- I built a UI framework/business logic library that will be pivotal in the future
- I continue to have work that challenges me and pushes my comfort zone, which is a blessing
- Rebecca has had a fantastic year with her tutoring venture and I’m super proud of her
Blog#
Things with the blog were amazing this year:
- 52 posts (one a week!)
- 2 posts making it to HN/Lobst.rs
- ~122,000 views
- ~67,000 visitors
- received dozens of emails and meeting cool people because of the writing I put out there
Computing#
This year I moved over full time to NixOS, and migrated almost all my machines to Nix as declarative system management is truly a paradigm shift I would like to ride into the future. I have built tooling around development and systems operations that I use almost every day, something a few years back I had no idea what that even looked like. I built Compline, and have had numerous contributions from people all over the world on it. I want to pursue contributing more to open source projects in the new year.
Youtube#
Youtube was truly enjoyable and I plan on taking video creation more seriously in 2026 with more professional workflows and automation of some of the tedium surrounding editing.
- Added ~2500 subscribers
- Made 13 videos
- ~180,000 views
- Started an IRC community where I’ve met some awesome people
Reading#
I read 18 books this year. I was able to obtain Volume 1-10 of the Church Fathers, which will be of deep study in the New Year.
Faith#
I feel as if I am growing in the Catholic faith every day - reading scripture, apologetics, and exercising this as much as I can. I have been going through the Cathechism, connecting with Catholic creators and living a life of prayer where the Rosary has been a major part. We attended church almost every weekend this year, and aim to bring in even some daily attendance in 2026. The goal is to also fully be in communion with our marriage as we continue to run the race of this life.
Closing thoughts#
While this year wasn’t as drastically transformative as I had hoped or dreamt, it has been a year that has truly been good. I believe that the trajectory that I am on, if continued, is one which I can truly look back on as a life well lived. While I still struggle with vice and I know there is more of me to give, I know that with prayer anything is possible.
I wish you a fantastic New Year season, and that 2026 is fruitful in all ways for you and your families.
As always, God bless, and until next time.
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