Looking back at 2025

Last year I wrote this from an empty office on New Year’s Eve. This year I’m in the boardroom between Christmas and New Year, back from a Pizza Union lunch, waiting for mulled wine to heat up in a Moccamaster because we’re not allowed a saucepan in the kitchen. There’s a handful of engineers half-working, half-chatting in the background. It’s a quiet week. This is markedly better than last year. In 2024 I said I expected to be “wrestling with AI” for another year. I was right. It was worth ...