First post
These last months and years seem to fly past us so fast. A new year started, again! I wish you a healthy and happy new year!
Health
It’s the time when people decide on new years resolutions. I don’t have a list. I have only one: Health. It’s the most important one and there’s still room for improvement.
So I’ll keep riding my bike to work, do more walks, eat healthier and get more sleep. That’s a good start, right?
Kids
The end of last year was challenging with the kids. They grow up (6 & 8) and new challenges arise. We’re lucky to have extra (external) support but it’s not a walk in the park.
Work
Last year I celebrated my 17th year at Keytrade Bank. I have some days left before I start my 18th year.
It will be a challenging year for Keytrade. Some big projects are coming up. As a tech lead, I’ll try to keep pushing our team and give support where I can. Looking forward to yet another interesting year and learn new things.
Management wise, the CIO became CEO and we have a new CIO. I hope this combo can steer us to even greater things.
Me time
I’ll keep spending my free time exploring new tech, learning new skills, listening to music (classic Sony Walkman on the way) and of course trying to keep writing here.
Coding
Some stuff that changed past year:
- I’m using Kodus AI to review merge request (Claude API key).
- Replaced VS Code with Zed as my main IDE and use Claude here and there.
- Moving to European services instead of US ones (servers, CDN).
- Extended my homelab to tinker a bit more with automation.
- Self host git repositories in my homelab.
That’s it for now. Enjoy 2026!