# Holiday Note on Networking, netlab, and Automation Work

DevFeed: [Holiday Note on Networking, netlab, and Automation Work](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/happy-holidays-and-all-the-best-in-2026-11306.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2025/12/wrapup-2025/>)

Published: 2025-12-19T10:01:00Z

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>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Vibe coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vibe-coding.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [vibe-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vibe-coding.md>), [worth-reading](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/worth-reading.md>)

## AI overview

A year-end note about the pace of networking work, skepticism toward claims that AI-driven vibe coding will make engineers obsolete, and plans to move netlab away from a particular automation tool, with results expected in the January release.

## Source excerpt

They say time goes faster as you get older, and it seems to be true. Another year has (almost) gone by. Try to disconnect from the crazy pace of the networking world, forget the "vibe coding with AI will make engineers obsolete" stupidities (hint: Fifth Generation Languages and Natural Language Programming were all the rage in the 1980s and 1990s), and focus on your loved ones. I would also like to wish you all the best in 2026! Read more ...