๐ 2025 Review: A year of scaling, coding, and learning when to hit pause.
I published 250 videos in 2025. Here is the secret: I didn't do it alone.
For years, Iโve been a "one-man army." But 2025 was the year I learned to scale.
๐ My YouTube channel (TechTutorialsWithPiyush) nearly doubled to 95k subscribers, but the real win was hiring 5 incredible people to help carry the load. This shift allowed me to focus on quality and partnerships.
Huge shoutout to
@baivabhere ,
@Souradip3000 , Akshay Singh Gurjar , Kushal Khandelwal and Soumik Paul ( I wouldn't have done it without you guys)
They helped me not only with YouTube but many other projects (coming soon)
Speaking of partnerships, collaborating with
@Hiteshdotcom on our Docker & Kubernetes Udemy course was a surreal moment. To see it hit 7,400 learners with a 4.7 rating proves that community-driven education is the future.
The Wins kept coming:
- Became a technical author (CKA Companion Guide) with over 300 copies sold within a couple of months.
- Built my first Open Source project (Canner AI - launching soon!).
- Celebrated 3 years at
@Google .
- Kept my streaks alive as a HashiCorp Ambassador for the 2nd year and AWS Community Builder for the 5th year.
- Achieved multiple Kubernetes Certifications in 2025
๐ก The Pivot (The "Failure"):
DailyAIScoops.com: I launched this newsletter with high hopes, but I realized the content strategy wasn't hitting the quality bar I wanted. I made the tough call to pause it. Sometimes, you have to stop to move forward faster. It will be back, better than before.
๐ด The Recharge:
Disconnected for a family vacation in Cancun, Mexico, and then in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
๐ฎ Coming Soon:
My first open-source project, Canner AI (born from Hacktoberfest), launches next month!
Thank you for all the mentors and people who always inspired me, guided me and showed me the direction when I felt lost.
@Hiteshdotcom @savinderpuri @vjsinsights @StevenBartlett @AliAbdaal James Clear
@VinodSharma10x @RealAnkush
Thank you to all the fellow creators and community members with whom I have connected, collaborated, and learned a lot. Shubham Londhe Abhishek Veeramalla Praveen Singampalli Ravish Rawat Vishakha Sadhwani
@SaiyamPathak Mumshad Mannambeth
@rishabincloud Akshay kumar
@harsh_dev8086 @DevarshiShimpi Ravi Shankar Raj
@piyushgarg_dev @surajtwt_ , Paras Thakur Priyanka Taneja Sandip Das Dheeraj Choudhary
@misalpavv @govardhana_mk @MuthaNagavamsi
Thank you to every subscriber, student, and team member who made 2025 unforgettable.
2026 will be all about insane scaling of what we have built. I will be hiring a lot of folks for YouTube, Instagram, and Canner AI. If you love content creation, video editing, and social media management , dm me with your portfolio.
What was your biggest "pivot" moment in 2025? Let me know in the comments! ๐
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