Year in review 2023 EN

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+Happy New Year to all 🙌
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+I hope 2024 will be a year full of good things for you: health, family, projects!
+
+Like every year, I take stock of the previous year and present my plans for the new year.
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+If you prefer this review on video, I've made a YouTube live which is available for replay [here (in french only)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aHgmzqObxQ).
+
+## What happened in 2023?
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+2023 was a year rich in new features:
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+- [An integration with OpenAI ChatGPT](/blog/open-ai-gpt-3-in-gladys-assistant/)
+- [In-dash camera live-streaming](/blog/camera-live-streaming-gladys-assistant-4-23/)
+- [Compatibility with the Tuya protocol](/blog/gladys-assistant-tuya/)
+- [Full alarm mode in Gladys](/blog/gladys-4-30-alarm-mode/)
+- [Sonos integration in Gladys](/blog/gladys-4-32-sonos-integration/)
+
+THANK YOU again to all the developers who have contributed to these releases, 2023 has been an exceptional year and it's all thanks to you 🎉
+
+Thanks to Alexandre Trovato, Vincent Kulak, Bertrand D'Aure, Cyril Beslay, Corentin Allemand, NickDub, Terdious, Romuald Pochet, Quentin Legay, Jonathan Brisavoine, William Deren, Nicolas Geissel, euguuu, Patrick Scheips and
+Brad Sanders! 🙏
+
+### Usage
+
+In 2O23, the number of new installations was up on 2022, except in February-March, which can be explained by the fact that I was on summer vacation in February-March this year and was therefore not active during this period!
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+On the contrary, in July-August 2023, I didn't take any vacations, and this is reflected in the number of new installations:
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+![Growth in use 2023](../static/img/articles/en/year-in-review-2023/gladys-usage-2023.jpg)
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+In terms of MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue), Gladys Plus now stands at €750 MRR, an increase of +76% since last year.
+
+![MRR Gladys Plus 2023](../static/img/articles/en/year-in-review-2023/gladys-plus-mrr-2023.jpg)
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+Gladys Plus made €8,469 in sales in 2023, an increase of +35%.
+
+![Gladys Plus 2023 revenue](../static/img/articles/en/year-in-review-2023/gladys-plus-revenue-2023.jpg)
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+I had announced at the end of 2022 that I wanted to make €18k in sales by 2023.
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+It's a missed target, the main reason being that I wasn't able to release the new product I wanted to launch in 2023, but which therefore arrives at the beginning of 2024... 😎
+
+### The YouTube channel
+
+The [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@GladysAssistant) continued its 2022 momentum!
+
+19,000 views on the channel, 1800 hours of watch time, it's a great year, but we're doing a little less than in 2022 because I've released fewer videos.
+
+![YouTube statistics 2022 Gladys Assistant](../static/img/articles/en/year-in-review-2023/youtube-stats-2023.jpg)
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+For me, YouTube remains an excellent channel for acquiring new users, which I intend to continue using in 2024.
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+The live coding at the end of the year was a great success, and something I'll be continuing to do!
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+Some videos that worked well in 2023 (in french only for now):
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+- [Le trio ULTIME pour automatiser la lumière ??](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNlZ2bId8Z0)
+- [Live coding : Une intégration Sonos en une journée ?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4vOjQXMiZI)
+- [Live coding : Une intégration Z-Wave en une journée ?](https://www.youtube.com/live/f6mWvy2kWSs?si=tSEA8-RtAdbY2C5d&t=454)
+- [Live : Le mode "Alarme" débarque dans Gladys Assistant 🎉](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEcVqvkg-Yc)
+- [Gérez vos appareils Zigbee dans votre domotique avec Zigbee2mqtt et Gladys Assistant](https://youtu.be/ALW3uDB9P0s)
+
+### Social networks
+
+On social networks:
+
+- [@gladysassistant on Twitter](https://twitter.com/gladysassistant) gathers 2,721 followers
+- [Gladys Assistant Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/gladysassistant) has 760 likes
+- [@gladysassistant on instagram](https://www.instagram.com/gladysassistant) has 579 followers
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+And 2,335 followers on [my personal Twitter](https://twitter.com/pierregillesl)!
+
+### Newsletter
+
+On the newsletter front, 3,277 of you follow the [Gladys Assistant newsletter](https://email-list.gladysassistant.com/subscription/haflMsWmU).
+
+- 2775 subscribers in French
+- 502 English subscribers
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+It's a down year overall. I still use the newsletter as much as ever, but I don't put much emphasis on it. Maybe I'll have to work on this part in 2024!
+
+### The Gladys Assistant GitHub
+
+We're at 2,430 stars ⭐ on the [repo Gladys Assistant](https://github.com/GladysAssistant/Gladys).
+
+That's +9% compared to last year!
+
+I'm counting on you to support us on GitHub by putting a star ⭐ to the project.
+
+## Projects and goals for 2024
+
+Well, most importantly: what does 2024 have in store for us on Gladys?
+
+### Time to scale
+
+As far as I'm concerned, Gladys Assistant v4 has reached a stage where the product has proved its worth: both in terms of core, and integrations, we have a base that's running with great satisfaction among hundreds of users.
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+Now we need to get the word out about the product, so that other users can join us.
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+We need to show the world that yes, Gladys Assistant is a serious connected home solution in 2024.
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+To do this, I have a very specific plan in mind, which I'll be unveiling as early as February 2024, and **it's going to change everything** (#teasing!!)
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+Over the course of 2024, I'll need you, the Gladys community, to talk positively about the project, take initiatives to promote Gladys (presence on social networks, telling friends/family, contacting bloggers/YouTubers) and above all support newcomers to the forum.
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+I think it's time for a French solution to titillate our great American competitor 😁
+
+### On the product side
+
+On the product side, I've got lots of ideas for 2024, and as always we're going to continue culling feature requests on the forum to **satisfy users**.
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+A lot of you are making [feature requests on the forum](https://en-community.gladysassistant.com/c/feature-requests/7), and the objective remains to cull these requests one by one.
+
+2 short-term goals I have in mind:
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+- Release Z-Wave JS UI integration and add compatibilities one by one.
+- Continue the groundwork on Zigbee2mqtt & Tuya to get as many compatible devices as possible.
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+The rest will be decided by the community as the year progresses: as always, there's no roadmap, it's up to you to choose what will arrive in Gladys in 2024 🙌
+
+## Thank you all!
+
+Thanks to everyone who supports Gladys, whether by developing new features, contributing via [Gladys Plus](/plus/), via [one-off donations](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gladysassistant), or helping out on the [forum](https://en-community.gladysassistant.com/).
+
+Happy new year to all!
+
+Pierre-Gilles Leymarie