About this episode
The State of CSS 2026 results are in — Tailwind still rules, AI still can't write decent CSS, and (thanks, listeners!) we made the resources list. CodePen ships its biggest update in years with CodePen 2.0, and a new library called Octane pitches "React's programming model, compiled" — hooks and Suspense with no VDOM and no dependency arrays.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 3:05 - State of CSS 2026 survey
- 20:01 - CodePen 2.0
- 32:55 - Octane JS framework
- 38:37 - State of Devs survey 2026
- 39:30 - LinkedIn adds a "Seems like AI slop" button
- 42:54 - TanStack rebrand, and a new charting library
- 45:38 - GitHub stacked pull requests
- 52:13 - Opus 5
- 54:27 - What's Making Us Happy
News
- Paige: State of CSS 2026 survey
- Jack: Octane JS framework
- TJ: CodePen 2.0
Lightning News
- State of Devs survey 2026
- LinkedIn adds a "Seems like AI slop" button
- GitHub adds stacked pull requests
- TanStack rebrand & a new charting library
- Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 model
What's Making Us Happy
- Paige: His & Hers miniseries
- Jack: The Vampire Lestat miniseries
- TJ: Orbit Traveling Tractor Water Sprinkler
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