My 2026 Resolution: what I want to learn

Captain Fulminyx — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:42:08 +0000

If 2025 taught me anything, it’s this: knowledge without direction is noise.

I used to scribble down lists — “Learn everything! Master everything!” — like they were trophies I might one day hang on a wall. But what I really needed wasn’t more half-started courses or bookmarked tabs… it was clarity. A compass instead of a checklist.
So in 2026, I’m not chasing trends. I’m chasing understanding.
Here’s what that really means and why I’ve chosen these goals with full intention, not just enthusiasm.

1. Tech:

For years I built things like a painter who never studied anatomy — pretty surfaces, but no understanding of how the body actually works.
This year, I’m turning that around.
I’m diving into:

A. Language structures: Understanding interpreters and compilers actually translate code into action.

B. CAP theory: To see how distributed systems behave.

C. New languages with purpose: Lua, Julia, Nim, not because they’re shiny, but because each tells me something new about computation itself.
It'll be seeing the forest by understanding the trees.
Seeing the why, not just the how.

2. Math:

Math is often the background score everyone hears but few truly appreciate.
This year, I’m finally giving it the spotlight:

A. Calculus: to understand motion, change, and optimization.

B. Functions & Discrete Math: because these are the bones of every algorithm, every graph, every logical leap.
When you speak math fluently, abstractions become interpretable again instead of things you “just apply”.

3. Physics:

Software exists in silicon, electrons, and energy.
So I’m grounding myself in:

A. Classical mechanics: to see how forces and systems interact
B. Applied thermodynamics: because efficiency isn’t just a metaphor

4. History:

History isn’t about memorizing kings and battles.
It’s about patterns:
A. Economic History: why some societies progress faster, and others stall.

B. From printing press to the internet: how communication tech changed everything
C. Why some tech reshapes society and others evaporate: a lens every developer desperately needs
History teaches context and context is the difference between writing code and writing meaningful code.

5. Anthropology:

Understanding Us...
Software is built for people. But what are people?
So I’m exploring:

A. Why geography and climate shape wealth and B. How cultures evolve and C. How languages work
Because building products without understanding how humans think and interact… is like designing chairs without knowing people sit.

6. Meta skills:

The skills I want to learn is A. How to learn with 100% potential and B. Writing at my best.

Language: German by 2026
And yes — I’m learning German.
It's hard and sounds demonic 😂 but expanding how I think expands what I can build. Language is perspective.
What This Year Isn’t
This isn’t about hustle culture.
It isn’t about splattering my CV with buzzwords.
It’s about depth over breadth, meaning over metrics, and understanding over velocity.
Because—when you truly understand something—buildings become blueprints instead of blind attempts. Coding becomes conversation with a machine, not noise in a compiler.
And that’s the resolution I choose for 2026:
To learn in a way that changes how I think, not just what I can do.

If you had one profound thing to master in 2026 — something that changes how you see your craft — what would it be? Let’s talk in the comments.

Migrating From 25 to 26

Captain Fulminyx — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 04:20:28 +0000

2025 Life version was chaotic, features broke... Life needed a reboot

And then the year turned, so I am focusing on '26 so a stable version is pushed to the production.

Read the full article on Medium: https://captainfulminyx.medium.com/migrating-from-25-to-26-7b3d5d3a7486

My YT Recap 2025

Captain Fulminyx — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 15:50:28 +0000

This recap arrived today! And wanted to share with y'all. Got the The Curious Mind archtype [Rarity : 3% 😆]

Hello, World!

Captain Fulminyx — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 03:49:25 +0000

Hello there people on Dev.to! It is my first post here looking for my upcoming journey through the platform. 🙂

DEV Community: Captain Fulminyx

My 2026 Resolution: what I want to learn

Migrating From 25 to 26

My YT Recap 2025

Hello, World!