A Successful Year For Me, 2020 In Review.
Tags: yearinreview, 2020
Published: 2020-12-30 17:27:39

Phew! 2020 was a crazy year!

For most people 2020 was tragic and probably you wish that no year should be as worst as 2020, which I agree too! 

**But... 2020 was one of THE most successful year for me**

# Highlights of 2020!

- GOT AN AMAZING JOB AT [@timelessco](https://twitter.com/timelessco) as a FrontEnd Engineer! 😍
- Bought my mom a saree from my own salary which was my mom's dream.
- Bought a shiny [new laptop](https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFBFA4A84u/) ❤️ 
- Launched [github-readme-stats](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1281178695709814785) which was a huge success
- github-readme-stats [hit 10k stars on github](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1306609825640398853) (now 16k)
- github-readme-stats [got sponsored by Vercel](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1336958656689016834)
- github-readme-stats become one of the [rising stars of 2020](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1339497715340693504)
- Released my project [BugVilla](https://dev.to/anuraghazra/introducing-bugvilla-my-new-project-3j65)
- Gave my first ever conference talk on typescript
- Participated in Official [GitHub Actions Hackathon and got merchs!](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1275345452414582787) 
- Got lots of OSS donations for github-readme-stats largest was [$100 from Robert Hofmann](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1327587061826609152) (Thanks Robert!)
- Finished #DesignPatternsEveryday challenge and [wrote blog](https://dev.to/anuraghazra/design-patterns-everyday-53m0) which got lots of attention.
- Started working on [ConvoyChat](https://github.com/anuraghazra/convoychat)
- Started working on [renderlesskit](https://github.com/timelessco/renderlesskit-react) at work
- @realtoughcandy [reviewed](https://youtu.be/IqSwjamlivQ?t=542) my portfolio site
- Started learning Rust
- Learned some advanced TypeScript patterns
- Got my Gatsby swag!
- Forgot to claim my github action hackathon prize 😂 (but thankfully got it after [contacting Nat Friedman](https://twitter.com/anuraghazru/status/1251163201758060549))
- Finished yet another hacktoberfest
- Stopped using facebook
- Gained a bit fat :p
- Made lot of new friends on [discord](https://discord.com/invite/VK4k3Br) & twitter

### Other Random Stuff I Did

- Started Learning GraphQL
- Made [few](https://anuraghazra.github.io/covid19-sim/) creative coding projects
- Learned a lot about testing
- Learned a lot about making a11y react components
- Learned Design Patterns
- Did lot of open source stuff
- Created few UI Designs
- Wrote [few blogs](https://anuraghazra.github.io/blog)
- Learned a bit of XSS
- Started doing some leetcode (but eventually left it)
- Learned a few neat js animation tricks
- Tried out few libraries like MobX, Recoil, XState, ThemeUI, Svelte
- Learned some advanced Typescript patterns


2020 might be a bad year but still 2020 was full of success, learnings & happiness for me and my family! 

We all lost lot of things this year, learned lot of stuff, and I hope at the end of the year we overcome all our difficulties and hope for the best in 2021! 

Happy New Year! Cheers! 🥂