As I dove deeper into docs as code, I discovered something pretty cool: there are tools that can automate tasks like spell checking and style guide adherence, and you can run them right from your command line!

In 2024, I focused on leveling up my technical writing skills, and here are four key achievements that defined my year:

I'm going to try to keep this one short and sweet. Mostly because there are many things I want to say and I don't want to turn this into a lengthy scroll 😬.

I've been meaning to get to writing this post for a while now, but life's unpredictability and the 2024 holiday season definitely delayed the process. I've also made a resolution to work on my fitness and have been doing my best to stick to a discipline of exercising six days a week. I'm proud to say that it's been 6.5 weeks since I started and I'm still going strong! Scheduling my workout right before work energizes me. I'm also finding that I sleep better at night. Some of the exercises I've been doing have breathing routines, and I think those are great for clearing my brain before tackling my day so I can do my best work.

Anyway, happy 2025! Happy to be here, learning and thriving. 2024 was an incredible year in my growth as a human being and a Technical Writer. I'll be whipping up a post to summarize 2024 but just wanted to express my gratitude in making it to the other side. 2025, here we go!

Oh and yeah, one of my other resolutions is to write more blog posts to capture my learning journey and beef up my writing portfolio 😎.

It’s hard to believe it’s been almost three months since my July 5th post where I first talked about the magic of Mermaid. I’ve finally taken a stab at creating my own diagram. I based it on the swimlane diagram I originally developed for my Business Operation Process sample. However, I learned that Mermaid doesn’t support swimlane diagrams. In fact, you can refer to open GitHub issue #2028 to see the ever-growing list and demand to add swimlane functionality.

CS50 is Harvard's Introduction to Computer Science course. I first heard about it in 2020 during the pandemic lockdowns when there wasn't much to do at home. I tried taking the course then but didn't fully commit. I lost interest after the first week, mainly because I didn't have a good reason to learn computer science other than boredom.