# 2025, Please, Be Gentle DevFeed: [2025, Please, Be Gentle]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Eevis Panula Published: 2025-06-11T04:18:26.653000Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Eevis Blog]() Topics: [Development](), [Kotlin]() Tags: [2025](), [article](), [kotlin]() ## AI overview A personal reflection on hopes and predictions for 2025, presented as two bingo cards. The author describes positive goals involving work, technology, learning, representation, and personal life, alongside anticipated negative experiences related to being a minority in tech. ## Source excerpt This was originally written for Dev.to's New Year writing challenge. 2025 has started, and while I'm actually skeptical of anything good happening (just look at the world burning), I decided to give some thought to what I hope to accomplish this year. You know, the good things, as an ask for the universe. I could describe this all as a roadmap for 2025. But I've learned over the years that my plans usually don't come true, and something unexpected happens. So, instead of compiling a complete roadmap, I call these things wishes. I assembled them in the form of a bingo card. You know, the game where you mark something when it happens (or, in the original thing, when the bingo host announces the number in the card). And when the things you've marked create either in horizontal, vertical, or diagonal lines, you yell "Bingo!" and win something. I really wish I'd get a "Bingo" this year. I would really need it after the past *mumbles a number* years. Like, really, really need it. Of course, I'm putting in the work towards all of that stuff - but with many things, it's not only about me. However, I wouldn't be me if I wasn't realistic. So, I also compiled another list of events I predict to happen this year. Heck, I expect that most of them will happen before March, and I will get back to them in my #WeCoded post. Unfortunately, coming from a minority position, I need to be prepared for a lot of negative stuff. Let's start with the good stuff. 2025, Please, Bring Some Goodness So, here are my wishes for 2025: The same bingo as a text version for better readability: B I N G O Talk accepted to Kotlin Conf I get invited to be a guest in a podcast My research article gets published Learn a new skill More non-binary representation in conferences Man speaks up against biased behaviour New elections in Finland Night outside, in a hammock Get into a Doctorate program Start mentoring again A project is launched without a last-minute crunch More women and non-binary in staff+ positi