Tech Trends I’m Watching—And the Ones I’m Ignoring

Not everything shiny deserves your time.

Keeping up with technology does not require caring equally about every announcement. I pay attention to trends that solve real problems or change how teams work, and let the rest enjoy their brief but enthusiastic tour of social media.

Predictions are most useful when they reveal what we value now. I am less interested in guessing the winning tool than in asking whether the web ahead will be more capable, more humane and easier to build for.

There is a practical tension underneath this topic: we want enough structure to move confidently, but not so much that the structure becomes the work.

Keep curiosity attached to judgement

New technology is easiest to discuss at the extremes: either it changes everything or it is pointless. Most useful tools live in the less dramatic middle, where they solve some problems well and introduce a few new ones.

I prefer a small experiment with a real constraint. Build something, measure what became easier, notice what became awkward, and decide from evidence rather than atmosphere. Curiosity works best when it is allowed to say no.

Curiosity opens the door; judgement decides what comes through it.

Being interested in what comes next does not require abandoning what already works. The skill is knowing what deserves another look.

The details will change from project to project. The underlying habit of paying attention travels well.