Episode 553: 2025 Year in Review

This week, we review our 2025 predictions, discuss the big stories, and speculate on 2026. Plus, Coté dives deep into the EU broth market.

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Runner-up Titles

I was up at 1am thinking, “are there any good billionaires.”
Maybe you forgot your shoes
Not just room temperature, but cold
I thought Europe was known for its soups
Ice, air conditioning, and, broth - we have solved those three problems.
Sloppy search
Cutlery, tupperware, COVID
The Young People.
The Automation Apologist.
I’m disappointed in everything
Models don’t matter anymore
Shade-tree programmer
An empty farm in Waco

Rundown

2024 Year in Review
Scaling Platform Engineering in the CNCF Community - Abby Bangser
Syntaso’s Platform as a Product book
Claude Skills are way under-rated
“Agents are [just] models using tools in a loop.
2026 Predications
- Are we in an AI Bubble?
- Do Anthropic or OpenAI IPO?
- New AI use cases?
- Altman remain CEO?
- Do Apple or AWS make an AI acquisition?
- CFB Championship?

Conferences

cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE.
- Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis.
DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA
- Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.
Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Coté has a discount code, but he’s not sure if he can give it out. He’s asking! Send him a DM in the meantime.
Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam.
- Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)

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