The Future of Web Development: Reliable, Measurable, AI-Aware
by Chelsea Hagon, Senior Developer
1. AI features must be observable
Expect every meaningful AI feature to come with prompts, evals, rate limits, cost controls, and fallbacks. Teams that treat AI like any other dependency will ship faster and avoid fire drills.
2. Rendering and data flows will be more intentional
Server components, edge rendering, and streaming make performance better but complexity higher. The teams that win will be the ones that document decisions and standardize patterns instead of mixing styles per component.
3. Platforms will consolidate, but reliability expectations rise
Tooling sprawl is calming down, but expectations are higher: fast cold starts, good DX, built-in observability, and cost transparency. The bar is moving from possible to predictable, and that is good news for product teams.
