This week’s 10 Things looks at the year through its edges and essentials: the technologies we’ll remember, the creative work that stands quietly apart, and the skills that remain stubbornly human. We explore product thinking beyond hype, revisit fundamentals like planning and judgment, and ask why experience still means making sense of ambiguity even as the tools get smarter.
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1. The 50 Most Iconic Technologies of 2025
Hard Fork looks back at a year where AI, group chats, and cultural oddities all competed for icon status. It’s a snapshot of how technology becomes memory.
Beautiful, considered work from an independent designer in Kyiv. It’s a reminder that great craft doesn’t need permission or a platform to speak clearly.
A sharp warning: Trendy AI tools and “vibe-coding” don’t replace judgment. Product leadership still lives in clarity, decision-making, and understanding real problems.
Each wave of tech hype predicts the “death” of software engineering, but in reality, it just shifts abstraction while creating new problems and more work.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, but the one most responsive to change”
— Charles Darwin
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