2025 was a good year in terms of development, the normalization of outbox and nip17-dm's come to mind. Perhaps not universalized but still.
For me Grimoire is a big deal, verbiricha (npub107j…ncxg) delivered an excellent power-user/dev client...if you have that set up the way you want, anything outside of the Nostr paradigm must feel frustratingly outdated. Combine that with the spellbooks, and im sure you can convince any sys-admin out there in 5 minutes to become a Nostr acolyte. The git stuff, the continued development around blossom...
I know most people are focused on the general social media use(case/r), but having worked for a large system integrator a couple of years, and seeing how much sense Nostr makes in the context of general IT infra, i really wonder how far along THAT corner is. (a prerequisite is courses and certification though, because thats how that world operates).
All we have to do it keep at it, having conviction for Nostr is so damn easy, lol.
