Happy new year, from invide
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#192Happy New Year everyone. 2025 was a big year for me.
I spent a lot of time writing and sharing technical content, mostly about modern CSS. I didn’t expect much from it at first, but it slowly compounded.
Over the past year:
- On LinkedIn[0], my posts reached ~10M impressions and ~15k people decided to follow along.
- 1,800+ joined my newsletter.
- My blog[1] went from ~1–2 Google clicks/day to ~40/day.
- I published a book[2] about building UI with less JavaScript (185 copies sold so far).
What surprised me most wasn’t the numbers, but how much people care about clear, practical explanations and simple tools.
May 2026 be even better :)
[0]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theosoti/ [1]: https://theosoti.com/ [2]: https://theosoti.com/you-dont-need-js/
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#193Happy New Year from the foothills of the Cascades in Washington state! Vibe coding helped me build several small games for my daughter and unlocked her interest in programming. Wishing everyone a wonderful 2026 - it's going to be a great year!
That's very cool and something I'd love to do for my son! What environment were you working with and are any of your games avail online?
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#194Happy New Year! Just finished One year of our startup in the wildlife luxury experiences space. It has been a wild journey coming from building tech startups to doing something so different, yet so similar.
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#195Happy New Year!
In 2025, I have learned Rust by creating a project in it (a web server), and learned a lot about web servers and reverse proxies along the way. I have seriously leveled up as a developer.
I have also created what's now the most popular project I have ever created.
I think in 2026, I'll go even further!
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#196Happy New Year - 2026 will be a great one!
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#1972025 wrap Got an internship Rejected a lowpay job offer Quit the 9 – 5 Built my own SaaS in 15 days as a self-taught dev Got 250+ users on my app Made my first sales before even consuming my 1-month stipend savings Crossed $100+ in December revenue Learned coding + marketing Didn’t skip the gym Deadlift PR: 400 lbs @ 130 lbs BW Betting on myself in 2026 Happy New Year
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#1982025 highlights - Got 300+ stars on GitHub for my free, open-source project EasyInvoicePDF https://github.com/VladSez/easy-invoice-pdf - Received a lot of great and useful feedback about my project on social media - Moved to a new apartment - better and bigger - Lost 5+ kg and exercised more than last year - Visited Hungary, Austria, and Italy for the first time - Hungary and Italy exceeded expectations - My project…
Here you got +1 star on GH project, thanks for sharing. Happy new year !
Thank you =)
You too!
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#199Happy new year every one.
I was about to check out the GitHub activity summary like last year, but then I realized that a lot of things weren't actually pushed to GitHub this year. So I used Vibe-coded to take a look:
https://github.com/chaosprint/hindsight
I started this year with coding and finished it with coding. In between, I was preparing for and caring for my newborn.
Hope I can release something interesting in 2026.
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#200I lost hope in humanity and decided to retire, and not bother quitting smoking anymore.
I relearned French, and my understanding of category theory doesn’t suck as much, anymore.
I solved a novel problem and had it stolen.
My accuracy shooting has increased.
My doctors no longer think I need medication, and I got a referral to a fertility specialist.
But I finally gave up wanting children.
So, sanity achieved?