What have you become better at over the last year? What interesting things have you tried or learned?

Over the past year, I have significantly improved my skills in microservices architecture and cloud technologies. I was particularly interested in deepening my knowledge of Kubernetes — its capabilities for automatic scaling, configuration management, and security.

I also tried implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab CI, which helped accelerate delivery and improve code quality.

I explored new features of Java 17, including pattern matching and enhancements in working with collections, which helped me write cleaner and more efficient code.

Overall, I gained a better understanding of DevOps approaches and the integration of development and operations, which positively impacted my work in the team.