Big-picture predictions I'm betting on for 2026 and beyond.
These shape how I build, learn, and prioritize. Click any card to expand.
AI will redefine workflows across every industry. Better to adapt early than scramble later.
The companies and individuals who integrate AI into their workflows today will have compounding advantages. Waiting for 'the right time' means falling behind. I'm restructuring my entire approach to work around AI-first thinking.
Orchestrating multiple AI agents requires rapid mental switching between contexts.
As we move from single-tool to multi-agent workflows, the ability to hold multiple contexts and seamlessly switch between them becomes critical. This is a trainable skill — I'm actively building this muscle by running parallel AI conversations.
Well-structured content beats fancy parallax. Markdown literacy matters.
AI agents will increasingly be the 'users' consuming our content and APIs. Fancy visual effects mean nothing to an LLM. Clean structure, semantic markup, and machine-readable formats will win. Understanding markdown and structured data is becoming as important as design skills.
People will accept the tradeoff when the utility is compelling enough.
We're already seeing this with voice assistants, smart devices, and AI tools. As AI gets more useful, more people will willingly share data for personalized, proactive assistance. The privacy-convenience frontier will keep shifting. As such we need to find the balance to protect ourselves whilst enabling the features we need.
Speech-to-text won't just replace typing; it'll multiply output.
Voice input is faster, more natural, and increasingly accurate. It won't dominate in a zero-sum way — it'll take over because the productivity gain is too large to ignore. The next generation will grow up dictating; keyboard proficiency may become niche like cursive. I'm already seeing order-of-magnitude gains in certain workflows.
Most sites will be built with AI agents using the same popular frameworks like Next.js with Shadcn components.
When AI agents build websites, they'll default to the most popular, well-documented frameworks. Next.js + Shadcn will become the de facto standard because they're what AI models know best. This means less visual diversity but faster development and better consistency across the web.