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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
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
