What I learned in 2025? Happy New Year 2026.

Here is what I learned in 2025. 

I wish you a Happy New year 2026. 

1 - This is too Good; you will like it … 

Graduate from Mumbai in engineering >> go to the US for studies >> graduate in MS Civil (Structural … ) >> work to build roads and bridges for 20 plus years >> then … 

follow your dream (Open a Restaurant in the US).

I am happy for you. Good Luck brother … 

I learned, history rhymes - A Gujarati must own a hotel/ motel business in the US.

Do the sh*t which you want to always do. 2025 was that year … 💥 

2 - Absolutely correct Sir. 

“We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.”

― Dr. Roy Amara

After knowing what you said, I feel exactly the same about AI, robotics, futuristic travel and their intersections (many unknowns for sure). Well said; thank you Sir. 

2025 was that year … 👏  

3 - India public markets proved that domestic demand is sufficient. Money from foreign (market term not mine) countries may/ may not come, it does not matter in the long run as long as India's story remains intact. Anyways - India’s GDP to market cap ratio is a bit on the lower side; the only direction we can go is up. 

I learned that the Indian public market is one of the best hopes for the middle class’s future (against currency and inflation); YT influencers are true … 🏅 

Yes Mother - Gold too. 

4 - Vibecoding is at an interesting cross-section. I learned a lot of tech two decades back - hmm, let’s see what else I need to learn in the next 2 years. 

I mean all languages used to write code are built by Humans; so after decades humans got smarter and beat Humans who built it. It is a pleasure to witness that evolution. 

Software did not eat the world >> it became close to 10% of the World gdp and still growing >> video coding will eat into 30-40% of new/ existing software development in the next 5 years. As the overall software development pie will get bigger, we need it. 

2025 was that year - vibecoding is for real … 👍  

5 - I learned this - if you go above 6k feet (sea level) there are no big trees, If you go above 9k feet there are no bushes. And, if you go above 15k feet, there is no grass either.  

Viva - got it?

6 - Tokenization of assets became a real thing. If established Banks do it; it is trustworthy and worth taking a look. But Sir, Sir - you called crypto ‘rat poison’. Shouldn’t I own crypto to protect myself against r*ts? You meant, everyone should protect themselves. 

With Solana mobile; Solana is the cutest kid on the block … 💰

Technology for Billions; AI + chains = icing on cake. 2025 was that year. 

I again wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New year 2026 …  

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Swagat Irsale is Growth Advocate. He works with startups and scale ups to grow revenue and build products which enterprises love to use. 

Reach him for work and partnership opportunities.