{"id":3649,"date":"2026-01-01T12:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3649"},"modified":"2026-01-01T12:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:39:08","slug":"hello-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2026\/01\/01\/hello-2026","title":{"rendered":"Hello 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I bid adieu to 2025, annus horribilis, I wish to welcome 2026, Annus Mirabilis. <\/p>\n<p>What changed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2025\/01\/06\/hello-2025\">Hello 2025<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Fell in love with Pumpkin, Vanessa&#8217;s dog. I only did 41 days of travel, 7 trips, 13 cities and 36,049 miles. This was basically covid 2020 ;)<\/p>\n<p>Ushered it in Kuala Lumpur 2025 and 2026. <\/p>\n<p>I look forward to having a better year ahead. Best year as 42 is coming, and that is the answer to life, the universe and everything.<\/p>\n<p>Know whom my friends are. 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What changed from Hello 2025? Fell in love with Pumpkin, Vanessa&#8217;s dog. I only did 41 days of travel, 7 trips, 13 cities and 36,049 miles. This was basically covid 2020 ;) Ushered it in Kuala Lumpur 2025 and 2026. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Hello%202026&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2026%2F01%2F01%2Fhello-2026&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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