# Year in Review - 2023 Edition

DevFeed: [Year in Review - 2023 Edition](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/year-in-review-2023-edition-38469.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://eevis.codes/blog/2023-12-29/year-in-review-2023-edition/>)

Author: Eevis Panula

Published: 2023-12-29T04:37:32.775000Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Eevis Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/eevis-blog.md>)

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## AI overview

A personal review of 2023 covering the author's accomplishments, including second place in the WWCode App Deploy hackathon, completion of the Women Developer Academy, organizing an Android study group, podcast appearances, and speaking engagements.

## Source excerpt

Another year, another Year in Review blog post! When I started listing things from 2023, I realized a lot had happened. And I probably don't even remember everything. I've written similar posts before, and you can find them from: Year in Review - 2021 Edition Year in Review - 2022 Edition Accomplishments There are so many things I've accomplished this year. One of them is surviving through the year. It has been one of the most challenging years so far. But more about that later. My latest accomplishment was winning 2nd place in the WWCode App Deploy hackathon. I was so proud of the app, and even more proud when I got the letter that they selected my app as second best. If you want to know more about the app, I wrote a blog post: How My App Won the 2nd Place in the WWCode App Deploy Hackathon. Another thing I want to mention was completing the Women Developer Academy in October. I'm so happy about meeting all the people and getting to know them. I also can't wait for all the future conferences and other events where we'll meet in person! I wrote a blog post about my experiences: Women Developer Academy Europe 2023 - My Experience During the fall, we organized a study group for learning Android with my colleague at Oura. It was for a Finnish organization called Mimmit Koodaa (Women Code would be the literal translation), and we got a great group of Android newbies joining us throughout the months. Even though fall turned out to be full of events and other things, I'm happy that we got to organize this study group. Another notable thing is that I was a guest on two podcasts: Tech Talks with Madona and Women Who Code podcast. It was so fun to record both of them! I recommend checking both podcasts out (not just the episodes I'm in); there are so many gems in the episodes. Finally, I'm Dev Top Author for the second year in a row! Dev has always been a dear community to me, as it has been so welcoming and inclusive, so this is an honor. Speaking In 2023, I did more in-per