Not necessarily related to learning (will be starting a thread about that soon!) but any other dev related plans?
New job? New hardware? New OS? New framework or language? 
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I will be reformatting my Mac as soon as the latest release of Big Sur is out (11.2).
Although I love Big Surās visual and UX improvements, itās probably been the worst in terms of performance and bugs - it takes 30 seconds to open apps like Affinity Photo/Designer whereas when I first bought this machine a year ago they opened almost instantly.
If it is still running like a hog after a clean format and install 11.2 I am going to seriously consider asking them for a refund because theyāve either stopped caring about non-Apple-silicon Macs or they are purposely throttling them so that people āupgradeā!! Apple are not in my good books at the mo 
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I got a new job two weeks ago. 
Switching Elastic out with Boon.tv, which is why I got new hardware (MacBook Pro M1)
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Ah nice congratulations Ohm!
Are they using Ruby?
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We are, yes! A new-ish Rails app running Rails 6.0.0 (soon to be upgraded) with Ruby 2.7.2. The app is split into an front end app (build with React) and an API utilizing ActiveModel serializers to do all the heavy work.
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- Learn Rust on a hardcore pro level. I am already quite good there but with Rust you have much more levels between ānewbieā and āproā compared to every other language I ever worked with. The learning curve to being really good is steep. I donāt mind. Itās a very enjoyable, if taxing, journey.
- Learn or maybe even author more Elixir tooling. As mentioned in other threads, I am mostly interested in having tools that change an Elixir project with minimal human interference. Especially in Phoenix and/or Absinthe projects I feel thereās a plethora of activities that can be automated. Additional point: maybe automatically generate controller and/or property tests based on what such a tool can āunderstandā about the current projectās code?
- Follow OCamlās multicore saga. When it reaches maturity, make it my Python-like and bash-like language of choice. It always seemed like itās very well-suited for such tasks. BTW, OCaml 5.0 is scheduled for the end of 2021 or start of 2022 and it will have multicore support out of the box, so itās very likely Iāll just wait for that. Mentioning @OvermindDL1 here in case he has insights on the matter.
- Learn a LISP Scheme dialect ā in this case Gerbil, mostly because it also has an actor library akin to Erlang (although I am not sure if its runtime guarantees are the same as Erlangās OTP).
- Maybe gather some money to buy a very serious Linux workstation using the Threadripper 3970X ā or ideally, the Threadripper Pro 3975WX, but thatās only sold in OEM worksations; still want it though! ā because working on a Mac has some limitations. Mostly Docker and k8s but, using Hashicorpās Nomad and various emerging tools that step on macOSā newly introduced
Virtualization.frameworkcould compensate. But thatās highly optional; I havenāt met a workflow that would mandate such a monstrous power so Iād be content with abusing my iMac Pro for years to come still. But, Iād like to settle down and stop buying tech for 5+ years and I feel that investing in whatās best-in-class at the time of the purchase is a very strong guarantee that my plan will work and I wonāt get tempted by new shinies for a while (hopefully!). - Learn 1 or 2 non-programming crafts. Long-term goal, might last me until my grave even, but I feel that branching out of programming also makes you a better programmer.
- Claim back my health! This probably should have been on top.
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Naughty Dimi! This should be at the very top of the list 
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I am going to learn Scala this year
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Be able to start side projects is my plan this year.
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But Elixir/Phoenix/LiveView sounds like another option for me for a side project.
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Iāve been waiting for it for years! Itāll be nice to see it finally land. 
Iām really not a fan of Rustās async implementation, the design that OCaml is doing (last I checked) appears to be significantly more thought out, if only Rust could have done the sameā¦
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I feel the same way to be honest. While Rustās async is okay I believe it missed a lot of important details and they kind of rushed it because they got sick of it being unreleased ā thatās the vibe I got from the Rust community at the time.
Rust is still extremely good but I have the creeping suspicion that one day Iāll be an OCaml devā¦
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Thatās exactly how it feels, very rushedā¦ It is the sole existing part of Rust I really donāt like (other than missing a few things I really want, like GATās, lol).
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I just got hired to my first jr dev job in a consultancy which uses Elixir/Phoenix, super excited to learn more coming from a RoR heavy background!
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Suddenly it seems like what was slow is suddenly in vogue. Thats programming lanugaes or frameworks - Java 16 or spring native
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