Ask HN: What's your plan for 2017?

Part 1 - launch https://www.neuralobjects.com - we're getting close to being able to launch at least a closed beta, but still a lot of work to do.

Part 2 - (re)-launch many of the existing Fogbeam Labs products under a SaaS model. We'll still do "on prem" if somebody calls wanting it, but going SaaS is definitely first priority.

Part 3 - add some more new products to the catalog. Not much I can (or want to) say about that now, but I think we're going to be able to do some cool stuff.

And, as a corollary to all, and ultimately the most important goal - get some paying customers! 2017 is the year we get serious about sales.

(Aside: we were there around the end of 2014, and then I had a heart attack. That kinda derailed everything, cost me most of 2015 from working on business stuff, and just generally killed any momentum we had back then.)

- Continue to develop and promote https://www.cronalarm.com. Looking to at least double my current client base.

- Continue to improve my JS skills (Node, React). Find my dream job as a JS engineer.

- Lose 15 pounds.

- Be a better parent.

- Stop wasting time.

Make and share more content in 2017. The plan already in motion is to post a beautiful satellite image wallpaper every day at http://landsat365.org. These are optimized for the 2880x1800 MacBook Pro Retina screens.

This is the first time I have had a webserver to admin as I please, so I am learning more unix sysadmin skills and more about web tech. My background is in the Earth Sciences but I am looking to beef up my internet knowledge outside of computer science and data processing.

1. Learn content marketing & growth hacking.

2. Grow Metriculator - https://www.metriculator.com to at least $1000 MRR.

3. Improve my understanding of Functional programming, Elixir & Phoenix in order to contribute to Metriculator's backend development as well.

4. Start meditating (at least 5 minutes per day).

I want something very simple: being able to manage my time in a way that allow me to have a balanced life. Too often I over-did something (programming, drones, etc) without considering my physic/mental health. So this year will be all about small changes, small improvements.

Reconnecting with the UK for prospective gigs, remotely or in London. Spent five great years there as an EU national and Leave has been a shock, but life goes on.

Automation of the little things. Shortcuts.

I've started using hammerspoon on the desktop to shortcut things like window resizing and arrangement has reduced cognitive load.

And on the command line im starting to alias a lot of common commands.

Docker for many things command line. No more losing time to library dependency hell.

Git precommit hooks to run code linters on my files.

Most importantly push myself to make the behavior change to remember this stuff.

- Make my goals/actions towards my vision for myself more structured + keep myself periodically accountable for them

- Learn Go, improve my JavaScript skills, become better at "engineering"

- Make sure 2018 has a baseline of opportunities for me to grow with

- Start reading more long-form content (recommendations welcome)

- Start consistently taking on client work as a freelancer again

- Write more

Carried over from last year:

- Finish lisp and react (by implementing deployable programs in both).

- Get a part time freelance/remote gig to support me during this phase.

Primary Objective this year:

Develop my business intuition and common sense i.e. improve my meta-thinking. I plan to read a lot of books (50 is the ambitious target), write more and get feedback.

Also, get a freelance gig to fund all the above.

- Read some books, like The Gene. - Improve my soft skills. - Work on some idea.

My main goal for the next few weeks/months is to play with Arduino hardware, and see if I can do interesting things.

In addition to that I need to learn to be a good parent. I expect that will be much harder, but also more rewarding.

1. Make immigration real for my family and move to Finland or Canada for a better life.

2. Improve my English and try to make it my first language.

3. Get uncomfortable by starting to surround myself with people who are way smarter than me.

Hopefully finally learn how to make a SAAS. I'm going to be using Django, but I'm a newb to backend since all my experience is in old school frontend (no fancy JS frameworks, SASS, grunt, etc)

2016 was a fantastic year for me.

My plan for 2017 is simple... do even better than I did in 2016.

Consistent small improvements are the name of the game. Read up on it... James Altucher and Seth Godin talk about it.

Finishing something, I have so many scrapped projects it's embarrassing

kick ass and chew bubble gum... i just never have any bubble gum.

[edit] for real why wouldn't this be a valid plan?

I don't have one.

In 2017, I plan to start a new blog(Don't have a name yet) and make more of my code open source.

I am planning to start my own startup & leave my current job as a computer scientist.

I will work on my programming.