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866: 2025 Web Development Predictions

Jan 8, 2025 · 52 min
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Scott and Wes look into their crystal ball to predict what’s coming in web development next year. From the rise of on-device AI to the vanilla CSS comeback, Bun’s big moves, and React’s evolution, this episode is packed with bold predictions and hot takes!

Show Notes
  • 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
  • 02:00 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
  • 03:09 The agenda.
  • 03:40 Temporal Javascript api will ship in Safari and Chrome.
  • 06:23 On device AI.
  • 10:26 Models will plateau.
  • 13:40 Web Awesome will become the most used web components library.
  • 15:57 We will be using more web components.
  • 16:59 A push towards the ‘standard stack’.
  • 19:38 We can really use relative color.
  • 21:39 Vanilla CSS comeback.
  • 23:35 A complete Mixins / Functions API for CSS.
  • 24:27 Conditionals will ship in all browsers.
  • 25:50 People will still make vertical centering jokes.
  • 27:08 VSCode will be feature parity with Cursor.
  • 28:22 Framework choice will matter less with AI tools.
  • 29:12 OpenAI will launch a browser.
  • 37:18 React will drop Babel.
  • 38:05 React Server Components will pop.
  • 39:46 Remix will relaunch as something entirely different.
  • 41:11 React Native will have it’s time.
  • 42:06 Svelte will get component-based islands or data loading.
  • 44:19 Server Runtimes, Bun will continue to do non-standard, lovable things.
  • 44:44 Bun will release a PAS to compete with NPM, Vercel, and Vite.
  • 46:06 Laravel will release a CMS.
  • 47:57 Vite will stay king.
  • 48:03 Rolldown ships in the next version of Vite.
  • 49:35 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs.
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