Year in review 2023

February 12, 2024

I write one of these posts every year, and I manage never to publish them. Since I’m trying to write one post a day for all of February, tonight I was revisiting some of my drafts, and this felt like a very Monday post to dust off and publish.

If 2023 had a theme, it was stepping down and stepping back.

Family

• 🚙 We took our first family trip with most of my immediate family for the first time in too many years in Surfside Beach, Texas
• 🚙 I bought a 2023 Subaru Ascent to replace my 2001 Nissan Pathfinder
• 6️⃣ My oldest turned six and started Kindergarten
• 2️⃣ My youngest turned two and started preschool

Django/Python

• ✅ PSF Board: I served two terms over five years and did not run for a third term. During my tenure, I served as Treasurer and then Vice Chair. I’m still on the Code of Conduct WG but left the Fiscal and PyCon US Committees.
• ✅ DEFNA: I stepped down as president after eight years on the board. I technically stepped down two or three years ago, but I filled in for a year to help out while we transitioned back to running an in-person conference. I’m still on the board and helping with DjangoCon US, but I’m doing so with fewer balls in the air.
• 🚀 DjangoCon US 2023 We held a successful conference in Durham, North Carolina.
• 🚀 Launched Django News Jobs

Community

• 🎙️ Attended/co-hosted dozens of Conference Chats meetups
• 🚀 I started weekly(ish) office hours on Fridays as an excuse to work on projects and hang out with community members.
• 🎟️ Attended PyCon US virtually
• 🎟️ Attended PyGotham virtually
• 🎟️ Attended DjangoCon US
• ✏️ I joined a weekly writing group
• 🎫 I joined a bunch of interesting Discord communities