# Happy Holidays and All the Best in 2025!

DevFeed: [Happy Holidays and All the Best in 2025!](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/happy-holidays-and-all-the-best-in-2025-11111.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2024/12/wrapup-2024/>)

Published: 2024-12-16T07:21:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Software-defined networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdn.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [sdn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdn.md>), [worth-reading](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/worth-reading.md>)

## AI overview

A year-end note announces the author's retreat until mid-January, wishes readers well in 2025, and mentions upcoming netlab features. It also comments that AI is unlikely to make networking engineers obsolete, citing SDN as a comparison.

## Source excerpt

Another year is almost gone, and it's time for my traditional "I will disappear until mid-January" retreat (also, don't expect me to read my email until I'm back). I hope you'll also be able to disconnect from the crazy pace of the networking world, forget the "AI will make networking engineers obsolete" shenanigans (hint: SDN did not), and focus on your loved ones. I would also like to wish you all the best in 2025! Read more ...