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Ah, 2024. A year in which I vowed to work on my personal projects more, but instead spent about 70% of the time feeling burned out and getting nowhere. You might expect that the time that I spent not writing blog posts this year (hello, GOTY 2023 exactly two posts before this one) could have instead been spent experiencing more video games than usual, but unfortunately it didn’t seem to shake out that way. Indeed, I initially struggled to recall more than three or four games that I played this year, but I think I’ve now managed to put together a respectable list, including one that is competing for a spot on my best-of-all-time list!

The last time that I did a blogpost was this time last year. I’ve tried a few times to write posts this year, but I’ve really struggled with finishing them. I would get halfway through and just wonder to myself: What right do I have to share opinions about these things? Who even cares what I think?

I make video games sometimes, but I’ve never used the Godot engine before.

Although I am a web dev by trade, I actually have little experience making a website from scratch. I have worked on existing projects using a variety of technologies, but never had to decide what tech stack to use since someone else has already made that decision for me. So when I set out to make this website, I, like the foolish rube that I am, decided to google “How to make a website”.

I have spent around three months working on creating this website and I’ve been preparing to start this project for even longer. So, why have I dedicated so much time and energy to creating a personal website when I could have continued posting on my Twitter account/DeviantArt profile/Tumblr blog?

I am not enough of a contrarian to deny this old programmers’ tradition. The first blog post on this website shall be a simple “Hello world” post!