New Year 2026: Little by little

There is a Tanzanian proverb that stuck with me recently:

Little by little, a little becomes a lot.

Looking back at 2025, that is exactly how the year felt. There wasn’t a single “ta-da” moment where everything fell into place. Instead, it was a collection of small wins that eventually compounded into something solid.

I spent the year diving deep into the weeds of self-hosting and infrastructure, obsessively optimizing workflows until they actually worked for me, not against me.

I leveled up my React, TS, and Python skills. Experimented with AI and automation. And built a few side projects.

But most importantly, I learned to take care of myself. Dealing with anxiety, breaking the cycle of procrastination-induced burnout, and actually maintaining a sleep schedule.

Life happened, too. I watched one of my best friends from college get engaged, spent a week having fun with friends in Goa, took long solo bike rides to clear my head, and made time for daily hangouts.

Professionally, the biggest lesson was simple: Ship smaller. Iterate faster. If it doesn’t have a direct impact on the user, it goes in the backlog.

The roadmap for 2026

I am done with vague resolutions. This year is about building.

I plan to deepen my infrastructure automation and expand the design-to-code tooling I’ve been hacking on. I’m also going to write more.

But the main character for 2026 is the Outreach Automation Platform.

I have written extensively about how I automate outreach - seeing what works and what fails in cold outreach. Now, I am turning those scripts and experiments into a proper product.

Action plan: Q1

The goal for the next three months is clear: Launch the MVP for the outreach platform.

To keep myself honest, I will be blogging weekly to document the build process.

I have a few technical deep-dives already in the pipeline which includes continuing the LinkedIn automation series, expanding it to cover email integration and the full end-to-end outreach pipeline.

You might have noticed the new aesthetic creeping in, inspired by sprite animations and 2D indie games. It is a pixelated retro design that I am slowly rolling out. It is not fully adopted yet, but there are a lot more changes to come.

I am also forcing myself to do the one thing engineers hate: talking to humans. Client communication is still not my strong suit, but I need to validate assumptions with potential customers.

Here is to staying adaptable, focusing on meaningful progress, and letting the little things add up.