967: What’s Going to Happen in Web Dev During 2026

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
  • Lando Norris
• 01:30 Web design will make a comeback
  • Raycast
  • shaders.com
• 04:03 Light mode returns (yes, really)
• 07:06 Modern CSS standards are about to have a huge year
  • CSS Wrapped
  • Graffiti
• 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
  • Oxc
  • Biome
• 26:44 More big acquisitions
  • Anthropic
  • Bun
• 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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