🕺🏼 My life update and the Open Source #DEVImpact2023
Tags: devimpact2023, opensource, devjournal, writing
Published: 2023-12-30 01:42:52

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Woah... fast... fast... It's time to write last words on DEV for 2023! It was a good year for me, much better than the previous ones. A lot of things changed in my life, and that was good for me.

### Proud Moments
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#### `🥳` I'm a freelancer
Some cool and little proud moments, but I'm proud of that. It's to have **finally created my own agency as a freelancer**, in my work that I've enjoyed doing for so many years: **web development** !

I've always liked to **manage my own time and schedule** as I saw fit. Being a freelancer allows me to position what I want to do during the week, and what I should be doing. If I don't get it done on a particular day, don't worry, I'll shift it to something else. It doesn't matter.

#### `📄` I contributed more 
This year, I contributed to some public repositories, but the most of the time is on [withastro/docs](https://github.com/withastro/docs) for **adding and updating the documentation of Astro** in French language 🚀

#### `😎` Other achievements super cool 
I'm **affiliated to Twitch**, and since this week, I'm now an **Ambassador of my city**, learn more English and stared to play music 🎹✨

![Twitch 2023 retrospective from @thomasbnt From top to bottom: Number of hours watched: 169 Number of streams: 34 New followers: 23 New subscribers: 6 Messages sent: 1,610. Most popular categories: 1. Overwatch 2. Minecraft 3. Islanders. My extras: Affiliate status unlocked.](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xczluc8gthok62m06b4w.jpg)

### Into DEV
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This year again, I contributed to DEV with multiples ways, I've contributed very little to [the repository](https://github.com/forem/forem), moderated the bad posts quite a bit, and [welcomed newcomers](https://dev.to/welcome) to the platform. I feel that a place like this should always be so welcoming to users, so why shouldn't I? 

It's also part of being proud of myself, it's part of my interview on DEV, I enjoyed answering the questions and digging a bit into my beginnings.

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### Brilliant Fails
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I've got many fails, like not to have continued piano, but the most fail is that I haven't streamed much. I would have liked [to stream more on Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/thomasbnt), mainly games, but I didn't stick to what I wanted. However, for the little I did, I loved doing it and chatting with people in the chat! I'll be back for 2024!

### Celebrate the Numbers 
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Not many posts, but I've really enjoyed writing them, and here are some of my favorites: 

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Enjoyed finding information about WWW !

### Shoutouts
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I have two names that come to mind among many others, but that doesn't mean I haven't met new people who sound fabulous. 

A **BIG** shoutout to @michaeltharrington for further activating moderators through DEV, and proposing meetings. I think it's cool, and we're back to the community aspect! (And also for [Music Mondayyy](https://dev.to/music-discussions) 🕺🏼). I'd also like to thank @nickytonline for inviting me to a Twitch livestream which was really cool, I really enjoyed discussing the web and open source, a bit from our points of view, but also about it gave me another perspective on development in general. *And for the first time, I went live with another developer, in facecam!*

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### Future Goals 
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I don't know if I'm going to keep my goals that I'm going to write, but I'm going to do my best :
Contribute more into Open Source, learn MOOORE into piano, diversify my professional activities... maybe writing more posts on my personal blog and here ?

### What Does DEV Means to You?
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I visit DEV almost every day, so I'm not going to lie and say I learn something new every day. However, there are times when I see good posts that are awesome to read, and I don't usually hesitate to share them. 
For me, DEV is a place where you can find unexpected gems, where you can [#discuss](https://dev.to/t/discuss) on any subject (_[Music Monday](https://dev.to/music-discussions)_ are always the best).
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#### Credits
- [Generator of 2023 dev.to wrapped](https://devto-wrapped.sliplane.app) by @code42cate
- DEV Team and contributors for making dev.to and others Forem's, an awesome place to publish post 🙏🏼💜