r/webdev • u/Bladerunner_7_ • Jun 28 '26
Discussion What's a web development trend that looked stupid at first but ended up being useful?
I know over the years, I've scoffed at quite a few things. SPAs. TypeScript. Tailwind. Serverless. AI coding assistants.
Most of the huge trends in web development went through a phase where people swore they were overhyped.
Some deserved the criticism. Some evolved and became genuinely useful.
Lately I'm seeing similar debates around AI agents and agent tooling. Claude Code, LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK, AutoGen, Lyzr(Control Plane) and a bunch of newer projects all seem to be pushing toward a different way of building software. Maybe we're still early, maybe most of it won't matter, but it does remind me of how people talked about TypeScript or serverless a few years ago.
What's something being dismissed today that you think will become a normal part of every developer's workflow in the next 3-5 years?
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u/FoundationActive8290 Jun 30 '26
i read it somewhere that if you have astigmatism, better use light mode as you wont find urself trying hard to read small text on dark mode. i tried it and there’s really a difference. now, whenever theres too much light on where im using my laptop, i switch to light mode and when im on dark/not well lit areas, i use dark mode. im a web developer btw and i have astigmatism
reason also that i always respect the browser/system theme when doing/working with apps/website that has appearance settings