866: 2025 Web Development Predictions

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.
  • Temporal Proposal.
• 06:23 On device AI.
  • WebGPU API
  • Dawn Native WebGPU
• 10:26 Models will plateau.
  • Bolt.new, v0, Lovable.dev.
• 13:40 Web Awesome will become the most used web components library.
  • Web Awesome.
• 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.
  • Dupe.com.
  • Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy.
  • Krazy Binz.
• 37:18 React will drop Babel.
  • BabelJS.
• 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.
  • Rolldown.
  • Statamic.
• 49:35 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs.

Sick Picks

• Scott: PHILIPS A19 Ultra Definition Dimmable Light Bulb.
• Wes: Stats App.

Shameless Plugs

• Scott: Syntax on YouTube.

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