My 2022 Year in Review

Well, it's been a year! And you know what that means. Time for my year in review.

New beginnings

After almost two and a half years at Forem, the software that powers dev.to, I decided to move on to new challenges.

My Impact at Forem

Nick Taylor Mar 24 4 min read

#career

My first day at Netlify was April 4th, and it's been fun and challenging ever since!

Nick Taylor

@nickytonline

Big news!

Today is my first day at @Netlify! Im joining the ecosystem team!

Lets go!

10:47 AM - 04 Apr 2022

Streaming

I did my last stream for dev.to, and then around the end of April, I started putting some love into my own Twitch stream. Although I loved doing the dev.to Twitch stream with my co-worker Christina; I had neglected my own channel for about two years.

I re-kickstarted my own stream and was happy with how it turned out. From a numbers perspective, even though I don't care as much about this as my lizard brain does, I went from about 100 followers to what I currently have, 425 followers. Thanks to everyone who thought my airtime was worth the watch, and a big thanks to my subscribers.

And lastly, a big thank you to all the guests!

If you want to check out all the streaming I do, check out my streaming page.

All streams end up on my YouTube channel, so you know the drill. Hit that subscribe button. Check out great content like this interview with Deno core member Luca Casonato, walking me through Fresh, a new full-stack web framework for Deno.

Podcasting

I dipped my toes into the world of podcasting. I started repurposing content from my streams in audio format.

Repurposing Content for Content Creation

Nick Taylor Oct 16 2 min read

#learninpublic #podcast #contentcreation

The podcast is still pretty new, but I've had a lot of fun pulling out what I think are great conversations from my Twitch stream and putting them in podcast format. Here's the latest episode with @chantastic. Loved this conversation with Chan!

Pandemic life, Storybook, Chromatic, remote work and so much more with Chantastic

This is a great conversation that Michael Chan a.k.a. Chantastic and Nick Taylor had on Nick's Twitch stream before diving into live coding with Storybook and Chromatic.They discuss remote work life, the pandemic, community, Storybook origins, why...

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VS Code Tips Community

I started a community over a year ago for VS Code, as I'm a fan. Ultimately, I needed more time to grow the community, so I decided to shut down the community.

Bye for now VSCodeTips community!

Nick Taylor for VS Code Tips Nov 1 1 min read

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My Discord Server

Although the VSCodeTips community didn't pan out in the end, I put my energy into a Discord community as it relates more to things I do weekly, like streaming. If you're interested in joining the community, head to discord.iamdeveloper.com.

The Collab Lab

I've been helping at The Collab Lab since December 2021, but it was mainly in Slack, supporting people. This summer, though, I got to mentor my first cohort. It was a lot of fun, and I'm super proud of what my team accomplished.

Offsite

It's not why I joined Netlify, but I won't lie; having an offsite in Hawaii was pretty sweet!

I got to meet all my co-workers and enjoy some downtime. I was floating in the Pacific with my entire team at one point. I highly recommend meetings in the ocean.

Talks

I gave a few talks this year and was even on a panel!

Tools for web developers: Live coding and debugging

Virtual Coffee Lunch & Learn: Asking Coding Questions

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Expert Panel: Trending Tools and Frameworks What's Hype and What's Not

Fresh: A New Full Stack Web Framework for Deno

If you want the slide decks and additional info or want to check out previous talks, head on over to my Talks page.

Layoffs

Unfortunately, like many tech companies, even Netlify was not immune to layoffs. 16% of the company was laid off. I made the cut, but it's a weird feeling making the cut. I'm still happy to be working at Netlify, and life goes on, but it's been weird getting back to whatever "normal" is. Having said that, I'm still super excited about the stuff we're working on.

And that's a wrap! I'm looking forward to enjoying the rest of my vacation and coming back recharged for 2023!

Photo by Choong Deng Xiang on Unsplash