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

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00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

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00:49 WebGPU and 3D experiences will finally take off

• Lando Norris (landonorris.com)

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01:30 Web design will make a comeback

• Raycast (raycast.com)

• shaders.com

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04:03 Light mode returns (yes, really)

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07:06 Modern CSS standards are about to have a huge year

• CSS Wrapped (chrome.dev/css-wrapped-2025)

• Graffiti (graffiti-ui.com)

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13:15 Will the Temporal API finally ship everywhere in 2026?

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14:18 The rise of the standard stack

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16:18 Are we headed toward standardized RPC?

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19:41 What’s next (and what’s not) for React

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21:07 Why we’ll see more security failures in web dev

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22:35 SvelteKit 3 lands in 2026

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22:53 Where developer tooling is headed next

• Oxc (oxc.rs)

• Biome (biomejs.dev)

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26:44 More big acquisitions

• Anthropic (anthropic.com)

• Bun (bun.com)

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28:02 2026: the year of durable compute

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30:57 Frameworks will matter less as AI gets better

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33:34 End-to-end AI workflows become the norm

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36:04 Brought to you by Sentry.io (sentry.io/syntax)

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37:21 Personalized software for everyday people

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39:11 MCP and MCP UI will pop

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42:24 Developer skills will fall off

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46:20 Crappy software will continue

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