My Side Projects and Self-Development Plan for 2025
1. Monadic Dawn - https://monadicdawn.com/
This is my personal project to replace the task manager I currently use. My goal is to build a tool with better calendar integration, improved note-taking support, and Vim-like navigation. I also want to support tasks belonging to multiple projects and eliminate the trend of unnecessary AI integrations — focusing instead on a clean, minimalistic, Vim-inspired interface that puts the user in control.
Goal: Release the simplest possible version: CRUD for tasks, projects, tags, and notes.
2. My personal website/blog - https://lukastymo.com/
I keep a lot of notes in my second brain (Roam Research). I want to externalize them so others can benefit — and there’s no better way to learn than by teaching.
Goal: Publish 10 blog posts in 2025.
3. ETL Magic Formula
I use the Magic Formula as my quantitative investing strategy. I’ve built a Python pipeline that screens stocks from the Russell 1000 universe. I believe it has the potential to become a subscription-based service.
Goal: Launch a demo website showcasing the strategy and allowing users to subscribe.
4. Leetcode and Codeforces
Goal: Solve and submit one Leetcode and one Codeforces problem each day.
Codeforces progress so far:
Leetcode progress so far:
5. Learning
Main focus:
- Neural Networks, LLMs
- React & TailwindCSS
Bonus (if time allows):
- Haskell
- TypeScript
6. Books
- How Countries Go Broke — Ray Dalio
- Neural Networks from Scratch — Harrison Kinsley
- The Concepts and Practice of Mathematical Finance — Mark S. Joshi
- System Design Interview — Alex Xu
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications — Martin Kleppmann
- Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI — Anil Ananthaswamy
7. Course
8. Sport
- Run a half marathon (20 km)