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2022 was completely a mind-blowing year for me. Lots of changes happened at work. At present, things seem to be going to settle down, I want to look back at my year. My balcony (2022) Q1 At beginning of the year, I started with Metaverse and NFT research. I completed my first course about a new technology Blockchain on brilliant[dot]com which became my best favorite learning platform later on. Getting a certified IBM developer certification was also a good experience. I gained more knowledge of technologies including containerization, microservices, DevOps, and Cloud-Native. It triggered me to plan for DevOps toolchain enhancement for the company. Adopting GitOps practice was a good start. It is one of my main focuses for my position role as a Tech Lead. I was really impressed by the book “The Brief History of Time”. The story of Stephen Hawking was so inspiring. To me, it was one of my favorite books of this year. Sadly, this period was the time when some of my good friends were leavi...

As of this writing, the COVID-19 pandemic still persists. In Vietnam, people have just passed a horrible time of lockdown, we needed to stay at home for nearly 4 months. I have even got covid infected and spent a quarantine time for more than three weeks. My balcony garden More books read This year, I read 22 books of various kinds. Reading books becomes my habit. English books Grokking Algorithms: An Illustrated Guide for Programmers and Other Curious People The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't The Tao of Microservices Software Architecture for Developers: Volume 2 Vietnamese books Nhân tố Enzyme  Nếu biết trăm năm là hữu hạn Đạo giáo Tâm Thành và Lộc Đời Lịch sử tư tưởng Nhật Bản Totto-chan bên cửa sổ Thiền sư và em bé 5 tuổi Swiss Made Suối Nguồn Hạnh Phúc và May Mắn Một đời quản trị Con chó nhỏ mang giỏi hoa hồng Cách nuôi dạy những đứa trẻ dễ cáu giận, khó bảo Muôn kiếp nhân...

Passion for System Design After finishing a one year project, my longest stable team (lasted for 3 years) was separated into two smaller teams. Sadly, but that was a good chance for me to become a key member in my new team. My preferred skills were about system architectures; therefore most of the tasks of building the application structures were handled by me. In order to enhance my design system skills, I have spent much my time for reading books closely after work. These following books help me a lot. - Object-Oriented Thought Process | Matt Weisfeld - Head First Design Pattern  | Elisabeth Freeman and Kathy Sierra - Java 8 in Action: Lambdas, Streams, and Functional-style Programming | Alan Mycroft and Mario Fusco Junior Technical Architect I was requested to join a technical architect team (aka Team. Alpha) where I actually had gained experiences almost on interviewing candidates for my company (lol). Besides, I noticed myself must improve the skills of convinci...