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title: Best of 2025
description: The music, movies, recipes, and technology (not necessarily released this year) that made my 2025 better!
pubDate: 2025-12-18
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Like most years, the things I gravitated to weren’t exclusively released the same year. But in 2025 I was surrounded by great music, movies, recipes, technology, and so much more. Things that make my life easier, things that make my life better. Without further ado, here’s a collage of what topped my year!

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    <a
      href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfZApRB_2zA"
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      <video title="Hope Tala - Leave It On The Dancefloor" src="/assets/best-of-2025/leave-it-on-the-dance-floor.mp4" autoplay loop playsinline muted></video>
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    <a
      href="https://www.vyletpony.com/love-and-ponystep"
      target="_blank"
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      style="animation-delay: 150ms"
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      <img alt="Love and Ponystep by Vylet Pony" src="/assets/best-of-2025/love-and-ponystep.webp" width="700" height="700" loading="lazy">
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    <a
      href="https://www.kineticgames.co.uk/phasmophobia"
      target="_blank"
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      style="animation-delay: 225ms"
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      <img alt="Phasmophobia" src="/assets/best-of-2025/phasmophobia.webp" width="700" height="394" loading="lazy">
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    <a
      href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4EU_0vFzuU"
      target="_blank"
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      <video title="Georgie Greep - Holy Holy" src="/assets/best-of-2025/holy-holy.mp4" autoplay loop playsinline muted></video>
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    <a
      href="https://tailwindcss.com/"
      target="_blank"
      class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg opacity-0 animate-fade-in grayscale-100 hover:grayscale-0 transition-[filter]"
      style="animation-delay: 375ms"
    >
      <img alt="Tailwind 4.0" src="/assets/best-of-2025/tailwind-css.webp" width="700" height="368" loading="lazy">
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    <a
      href="https://www.theleangreenbean.com/pasta-sausage-beans-kale/"
      target="_blank"
      class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg opacity-0 animate-fade-in grayscale-100 hover:grayscale-0 transition-[filter]"
      style="animation-delay: 450ms"
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      <img alt="Sausage and Kale Pasta" src="/assets/best-of-2025/sausage-and-kale-pasta.webp" width="700" height="560" loading="lazy">
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    <a
      href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead/"
      target="_blank"
      class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg opacity-0 animate-fade-in grayscale-100 hover:grayscale-0 transition-[filter]"
      style="animation-delay: 525ms"
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      <img alt="Return of the Living Dead" src="/assets/best-of-2025/return-of-the-living-dead.webp" width="700" height="1050" loading="lazy">
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    <a
      href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Chicago_Bears_season"
      target="_blank"
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      style="animation-delay: 600ms"
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      <video title="Caleb Williams after the trick play touchdown against Dallas" src="/assets/best-of-2025/caleb-williams.mp4" autoplay loop playsinline muted></video>
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    <a
      href="https://laravel.com/"
      target="_blank"
      class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg opacity-0 animate-fade-in grayscale-100 hover:grayscale-0 transition-[filter]"
      style="animation-delay: 675ms"
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      <img alt="Laravel 12" src="/assets/best-of-2025/laravel.webp" width="700" height="394" loading="lazy">
    </a>
    <a
      href="https://letterboxd.com/film/weapons-2025/"
      target="_blank"
      class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg opacity-0 animate-fade-in grayscale-100 hover:grayscale-0 transition-[filter]"
      style="animation-delay: 750ms"
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      <img alt="Weapons (2025)" src="/assets/best-of-2025/weapons.webp" width="700" height="394" loading="lazy">
    </a>
    <a
      href="https://www.sipandfeast.com/homemade-pizza-dough-new-york-pizza/"
      target="_blank"
      class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg opacity-0 animate-fade-in grayscale-100 hover:grayscale-0 transition-[filter]"
      style="animation-delay: 825ms"
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      <img alt="New York Pizza Dough Recipe" src="/assets/best-of-2025/sip-and-feast-dough-recipe.webp" width="700" height="875" loading="lazy">
    </a>
    <a
      href="https://games.sega.com/lostjudgment/"
      target="_blank"
      class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg opacity-0 animate-fade-in grayscale-100 hover:grayscale-0 transition-[filter]"
      style="animation-delay: 900ms"
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      <img alt="Lost Judgment by RGG" src="/assets/best-of-2025/lost-judgment.jpg" width="700" height="401" loading="lazy">
    </a>
    <a
      href="https://www.hbomax.com/shows/succession/a8484031-f244-4661-9fb7-0932bd1ba872"
      target="_blank"
      class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg opacity-0 animate-fade-in grayscale-100 hover:grayscale-0 transition-[filter]"
      style="animation-delay: 975ms"
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      <img alt="Succession" src="/assets/best-of-2025/succession.jpg" width="700" height="394" loading="lazy">
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    <a
      href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P8QnElz8JQ"
      target="_blank"
      class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg opacity-0 animate-fade-in grayscale-100 hover:grayscale-0 transition-[filter]"
      style="animation-delay: 1050ms"
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      <video title="Family Ties performed by Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar" src="/assets/best-of-2025/family-ties.mp4" autoplay loop playsinline muted></video>
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    <a
      href="https://alpinejs.dev/"
      target="_blank"
      class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg opacity-0 animate-fade-in grayscale-100 hover:grayscale-0 transition-[filter]"
      style="animation-delay: 1125ms"
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      <img alt="Alpine.js" src="/assets/best-of-2025/alpine-js.webp" width="700" height="363" loading="lazy">
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    <a
      href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallsocket"
      target="_blank"
      class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg opacity-0 animate-fade-in grayscale-100 hover:grayscale-0 transition-[filter]"
      style="animation-delay: 1200ms"
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      <img alt="Wallsocket by underscores" src="/assets/best-of-2025/wallsocket.webp" width="700" height="700" loading="lazy">
    </a>
    <a
      href="https://letterboxd.com/film/dont-fk-with-cats-hunting-an-internet-killer/"
      target="_blank"
      class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg opacity-0 animate-fade-in grayscale-100 hover:grayscale-0 transition-[filter]"
      style="animation-delay: 1275ms"
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      <img alt="Don't F--- With Cats documentary" src="/assets/best-of-2025/dont-f-k-with-cats.webp" width="700" height="394" loading="lazy">
    </a>
    <a
      href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance_(TV_series)"
      target="_blank"
      class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg opacity-0 animate-fade-in grayscale-100 hover:grayscale-0 transition-[filter]"
      style="animation-delay: 1350ms"
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      <img alt="Severance" src="/assets/best-of-2025/severance.webp" width="700" height="393" loading="lazy">
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