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+title: The future of 30 seconds of code
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+excerpt: After 7 years, here's a status update on what the future holds for 30 seconds of code.
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+dateModified: 2024-12-11
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+Hey there! <span class="wave">👋</span>
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+Thought I'd pop in to share some thoughts and news about the website, where it's headed and what I've been up to lately. This is the first of - hopefully - many updates to come on the regular.
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+This week marks the **7-year anniversary** of 30 seconds of code. It's been an incredible journey so far, and I'm grateful for all the support the project has received over the years. I've learned a lot, met amazing people and grown as a developer and person.
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+However, after the initial excitement and growth, the team quickly dwindled and, eventually, I was left on my own to maintain the project. This has been a challenge, to say the least. I've been juggling a full-time job, personal life and the website, and it's been tough to keep up with everything.
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+This is by no means goodbye, on the contrary it's a **new beginning**, one I'm quite excited about. For a while now, I've been working to make the development and content creation experience as seamless as possible, in hopes I can write more valuable content more often.
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+You may have noticed the frequent infrastructure touch-ups, content reorganization and the overall shift towards a different style of content that looks and feels very different from what initially made up the bulk of the website. The shift towards **long-form content and deeper dives** was intentional, as I want to make the content more valuable and engaging.
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+At the same time, as I've maintained the project on my own for a while now, it's high time to call it what it is - **a personal coding blog**. It started pretty much as such, gathering the tidbits of knowledge I deemed useful, and it's now returning to its roots.
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+So what does this mean for the future? Mainly, that I'll share more deep dives like [Modeling complex JavaScript object collections in memory](/js/s/complex-object-collections-in-memory), opinion pieces, personal experiences, thoughts and insights. I'll keep on sharing short snippet content from time to time, but I'm happier writing more in-depth content than content that AI can generate for you at a moment's notice.
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+As mentioned already, my time and energy is limited, so **community contributions will stay closed**, same as they have been for quite a while now. I know I'm shooting myself in the foot a little bit by not allowing the community to point out mistakes and omissions, but this isn't a permanent solution. As soon as the website is sufficiently close to what I've envisioned, I'll revise guidelines and open up contributions again.
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+Thanks again for sticking around for this long, and I hope you'll enjoy the new content as much as I enjoy writing it. Here's to 7 more years of 30 seconds of code! 🎉