I think crypto is dead, and not coming back. I also think ML will continue to be a big thing, and a lot of startups will center around that. I don't think VR will make it big until the next generation of consoles. I don't think people really care about AR at all. The IoT space will continue to grow, and take over more and more things. I think autonomous delivery systems will be combined with food delivery services.<p>Wish: Really hoping flying drone delivery, but don't foresee that for a while. If Amazon can figure out a good way for a robot to pick out food, then you could literally order the food on your phone, it can be picked out from a warehouse/grocery, picked up by a flying drone, and delivered directly to your house or wherever you currently are. I really want this service.
AI, specifically GAN's I expect to see more cool use cases.<p>Typescript will be more heavily adopted.<p>I am seeing more startups using GCP over AWS, it'll be interesting to see if this continues. I do a lot of due diligence and is purely speculation on personal experience.<p>Kubernetes in use for development using minikubes on individual developer machines.<p>Privacy concerns by the general public and what happens with their data. I don't expect an uproar in 2019, but I think people are realizing how much is collected on them.<p>I share the sentiment that a recession is mounting, no one can time the markets though. Ideas that make me lean that way are ridiculous valuations on non profitable businesses, Corp Tax cuts are ending, uncertainty in what China is doing, rise of gig economy with a decrease in steady income and fresh grads with a unwanted degree and high student debt loans. We may be at the later stage of a debt cycle too according to Ray's book. Check out <a href="https://www.principles.com/big-debt-crises/" rel="nofollow">https://www.principles.com/big-debt-crises/</a>.
5G and with it, new use cases like self-driving cars and IoT becoming a reality. While it won't immediately be available in all markets, ATT's announcement last week was a big step forward. I believe this time next year many of us will be talking about developing new applications that take advantage of 5G.
I think another recession will start next year. Lots more tech IPOs before that happens I expect.<p>We will see a lot more investment in autonomous delivery. This means smaller scale vehicles that can fit in the bike lane delivering groceries, last-mile Amazon/Walmart packages etc.