--- title: "2025 Yearly Recap" date: "2025-12-21" slug: "2025-recap" author: "Dany Paredes" canonical: "https://danywalls.com/2025-recap" description: "2025 is almost over. It wasn't perfect, but it was a challenging year for health and work-life balance." --- 2025 is almost over. It wasn't perfect, and it brought significant challenges regarding health and work-life balance. However, the changes and experiences—both hard and good—have helped me face 2026 with more confidence and optimism. ## Articles To be honest, my numbers aren't as impressive as [2024](https://danywalls.com/2024-yearly-recap), because my health is my priority, but I'm proud to have wrapped up 2025 successfully, thanks to all of you. Here are some of the highlights of this incredible year: - ✍️ 17 Articles: 5 on [danywalls.com](http://danywalls.com) (two of them in December 😅) and 12 for [Progress Telerik and Kendo UI](https://www.telerik.com/blogs/author/dany-paredes). - 📈 [danywalls.com](http://danywalls.com) passed 900K views, the newsletter grew to more than 1,200 subscribers, and [dev.to/danywalls](http://dev.to/danywalls) reached over 1,000,000 views. ![Dev.to numbers](/images/posts/2025-recap/devto-numbers.png) ## Awards 🏅 I’m honored to have become a Progress Champion and Google Developer Expert. ![Google Developer Expert 2025](/images/posts/2025-recap/gde-2025.png) ![Progress Champion 2025](/images/posts/2025-recap/champion.png) ## Thanks I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to the following people and organizations for their support and encouragement. - My family, @Silvia and Edgar, for their support and encouragement. - Telerik and their amazing team, @AlyssaNicoll, @Mandy, and @Merrill from Telerik you are an amazing team. - Thanks to [@Leifer](https://twitter.com/LeiferMendez), [@Bezael](https://twitter.com/dominicode), [@Santosh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/santoshyadavdev/), [Jorgen de Groot ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgendegroot/), [@Leomaris Reyes](https://www.linkedin.com/in/leomaris-reyes-1b598661/), [@Victor Scudero]( https://www.linkedin.com/in/v%C3%ADctor-escudero-0079aa106/), [@Andrés (Pana)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andresvillanuevab/) and [@Juan Vicente](https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-berzosa/) (Angular world) - [@DecodeFrontend](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmezhenskyi/), [@gdgjaen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gdgjaen/) and [@BarcelonaDevFest](https://www.linkedin.com/in/barcelonadevfest/). ## Tech Talks and Events This year wasn't as crazy as others, with fewer talks, but I had a great opportunity to share moments with amazing professionals at Google I/O 2025 in Jaén DevFest and finally meet Santosh in person. Thanks to GDG Jaen for the opportunity to share and learn like always! ![Jaen DevFest](/images/posts/2025-recap/jaen.png) Thanks to @Santosh for taking the time to give amazing advice about life and career. ![Finally Meeting Santosh](/images/posts/2025-recap/santosh.png) Thanks to Google Developer Expert Program for the opportunity to share and learn like always! ![Google Developer Experts Berlin 2025](/images/posts/2025-recap/google-io.png) ## Conclusion 2025 was a good year to learn about taking care of my health and work-life balance, and staying close to friends, family, and the community. See you in 2026!