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!
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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.
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