December 31st, 2025 × #WebDev#Predictions2026#CSS#AI
What’s Going to Happen in Web Dev During 2026
Wes and Scott peer into the crystal ball for 2026 and call their shots on WebGPU, CSS, Temporal, linting wars, AI acquisitions, and more. Come for the bold predictions, stay for the Raycast-style website roasting and the dithering hype.
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Wes and Scott talk about their bold predictions for web development in 2026, from WebGPU-powered design and modern CSS breakthroughs to JavaScript standards, AI-driven tooling, security risks, the future of frameworks, workflows, and more!
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 00:49 WebGPU and 3D experiences will finally take off
- 01:30 Web design will make a comeback
- 04:03 Light mode returns (yes, really)
- 07:06 Modern CSS standards are about to have a huge year
- 13:15 Will the Temporal API finally ship everywhere in 2026?
- 14:18 The rise of the standard stack
- 16:18 Are we headed toward standardized RPC?
- 19:41 What’s next (and what’s not) for React
- 21:07 Why we’ll see more security failures in web dev
- 22:35 SvelteKit 3 lands in 2026
- 22:53 Where developer tooling is headed next
- 26:44 More big acquisitions
- 28:02 2026: the year of durable compute
- 30:57 Frameworks will matter less as AI gets better
- 33:34 End-to-end AI workflows become the norm
- 36:04 Brought to you by Sentry.io
- 37:21 Personalized software for everyday people
- 39:11 MCP and MCP UI will pop
- 42:24 Developer skills will fall off
- 46:20 Crappy software will continue
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