2021, a look back
Tags: yearinreview
Published: 2022-01-03 02:41:37

2021 was an amazing and a not-so-amazing here. Some really good and bad things happened during it, growing me as a person.

As the year has ended and we're onto 2022, I wanted to take a second back and reflect on the past year.

# 💻 Coding & Technical Achievements

 - Gave my first talk at a [meetup](https://youtu.be/PUfqXnWhwLk) (Prisma Meetup #7)
 - Switched to Arch Linux
 - Riced my [desktop](https://github.com/harshhhdev/dotfiles)
 - Built my own PC! (Ryzen 7 w/ iGPU, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD)
 - Got started with [AP Comp Sci A](https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-computer-science-a)
 - Reached 75 followers on [GitHub](https://github.com/harshhhdev)
 - Ended with a total of 550+ followers on dev.to!
 - Redesigned my [portfolio](https://harshhhdev.github.io) in Next.js!

Before:

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/69592270/147895558-cf2a4378-0bc7-45bf-b1fd-c826dea8c827.png)

After:

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/69592270/147895569-6e750eda-e537-4cfd-ae58-7a4f7f6d0359.png)

 - Created my first [npm library](https://github.com/harshhhdev/pastemyst.js)
 - Created my first [React library](https://github.com/harshhhdev/custom-pointer-react)
 - Learned a lot about [Vercel](https://vercel.com) & [Next.js](https://nextjs.org)
 - Learned a lot about [TypeScript](https://typescriptlang.org)
 - Got better at designing in [Figma](https://figma.com)
 - Started learning [Java](https://www.java.com/en/)
 - Explored [Svelte](https://svelte.dev/)
 - Explored [Supabase](https://supabase.com/)
 - Explored [Cassandra](https://cassandra.apache.org/)
 - Explored [PlanetScale](https://planetscale.com/) before it was generally available 
 - Used [CockroachDB](cockroachlabs.com) for the first time
 - Learned a lot about databases and ORMs
 - [Desktop tour](https://youtu.be/Th2jLZPZ7rc) got over a thousand views on YouTube
 - Redesigned my teacher's website
 - Participated in my first Hackathon
 - Created [SnipBin](https://github.com/harshhhdev/snipbin)
 - Created [debutur](https://github.com/harshhhdev/debutur)
 - Created [Oponion](https://github.com/harshhhdev/oponion)
 - Created [Glassmorphicssm](https://github.com/harshhhdev/glassmorphicssm)
 - Created [Geethoob](https://github.com/harshhhdev/geethoob)
 - Created [Issure](https://github.com/harshhhdev/issure)
 - Created [Calvera](https://github.com/harshhhdev/calvera)
 - Started [redesigning apps](https://www.behance.net/harshhhdev)

# 🌟 Life Achievements 

 - Visited family and friends back in India!
 - Bought a new phone
 - Made lots of new friends :)
 - Started playing video games again :p
 - Hit 650 followers on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/harshh.singh_)
 - Created a [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/harsh-singh-5ba6b31b8/)
 - Grew somewhat of a beard

2021 was a crazy year (to say the least). I managed to make myself slightly less stupid as a person. With school becoming more taxing amongst other things, I've had less time to code and contribute to open-source. With that to say, I'd like to express my gratitude  all the people who've helped me get here. Thank you!

Wishing everyone the best of luck for 2022! Cheers 🍻