AI-Assisted Development
AI coding assistants have become standard tools in most development workflows. The debate has shifted from "will AI replace developers?" to "how do we use AI to amplify developer productivity?"
Edge Computing Goes Mainstream
Running code at the network edge — closer to users — has moved from experimental to production-ready. Major platforms now offer edge functions with sub-millisecond cold starts.
WebAssembly Matures
WASM is no longer just for porting C++ game engines to the browser. It's being used for computation-heavy tasks like image processing, data analysis, and even running VMs in the browser.