S04E05 - 2025 in review

<p>In this episode, we wrapped up 2025 by reflecting on what we talked about on the podcast, where AI is and where it&#39;s heading, and looked ahead to 2026. We also discussed some of our favourite sci-fi books we read last year!</p><p><br></p><p>Links from the show:</p><p><br></p><p>- that YouTube video Shaun mentioned, &quot;Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever?&quot;: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZTOjd_bOQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZTOjd_bOQ</a></p><p>- our interview with Scott Hanselman whose blog post about Dark Matter Developers is always on our mind: <a href="https://halfstackdatascience.com/s4e1-meaningful-uses-of-ai-with-scott-hanselman" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://halfstackdatascience.com/s4e1-meaningful-uses-of-ai-with-scott-hanselman</a></p><p>- our interview with Kirsten Hill who&#39;s empowered by AI to build the survey platform of her dreams: <a href="https://halfstackdatascience.com/s4e4-better-survey-design-with-ai-with-kirsten-hill" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://halfstackdatascience.com/s4e4-better-survey-design-with-ai-with-kirsten-hill</a></p><p><br></p><p>The sci-fi books we mentioned (and loved):</p><p><br></p><p>- The Three-Body Problem (book 1 of the Remembrance of Earth&#39;s Past trilogy): <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-problem" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-problem</a></p><p>- Children of Time: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25499718-children-of-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25499718-children-of-time</a></p><p>- Sea of Tranquility: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58446227-sea-of-tranquility" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58446227-sea-of-tranquility</a></p><p>- Sleeping Giants (book 1 of The Themis Files trilogy): <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25733990-sleeping-giants" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25733990-sleeping-giants</a></p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>David’s book, The Well-Grounded Data Analyst is out! ⁠<a href="https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>If you want to find out more, we have a whole episode about it: <a href="https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth</a></p>