Richard MacManus

In the agentic era, older AI developer terms like RAG and prompt engineering have fallen out of use. Now it's all about MCP and context engineering.

The news of Cloudflare acquiring the company behind Astro is just the latest in a string of similar frontend framework deals. We look at the risks and rewards.

Meta's StyleX is a CSS-in-JS solution for large apps. We look at how it compares to Tailwind on code maintainability, scale and atomic CSS.

A new mobile development SDK for building AI apps uses small language models and personal data storage to keep everything on-device.

Our top 5 AI developer trends of 2025, from the rise of agentic technology and MCP to the evolution of AI coding tools and the influx of vibe coders.

New standards for AI agent UIs highlight key differences between Google's native-first A2UI and the web-centric MCP Apps favored by OpenAI.

The five key web development trends of 2025 show a divide between AI coding tools that favor React and the growing power of native web features.

Building apps for ChatGPT requires a shift in mindset from request-response APIs to capability-driven protocols, says TELUS Digital's Adam Shea.

An analysis of Mozilla's pivot to AI, questioning why its strategy disconnects from its core strengths: The Firefox browser and open web heritage.

Google outlines its Web AI playbook, detailing two paths for developers: the "paved road" of frameworks and the "open field" of low-level APIs.

Google's Jason Mayes argues that the web is the future of AI, not the cloud. He cites in-browser inference and LiteRT.js as key developments.

Magentic Marketplace is a simulation environment for agentic markets, a new project from Microsoft to explore multi-agent collaboration.

We talk to Vercel's Andrew Qu about how it enabled powerful Next.js web apps to run inside ChatGPT's sandboxed environment.

A new project out of MIT is building open, decentralized infrastructure for AI agents as an alternative to proprietary platforms.

Vite creator Evan You explains how Vite+, a new unified JavaScript toolchain, will solve JavaScript fragmentation — especially for dev teams.

There's a small but growing app movement on the open social web. At the latest FediForum virtual event, developers showed their wares.

We look at the nuts and bolts of OpenAI's new Apps SDK, which enables developers to create web-based applications for ChatGPT.

After ChatGPT hit, You.com pivoted hard — from consumer search competing with Google, to enterprise AI competing with OpenAI (and Google again).

WebMCP is a new standard from Microsoft and Google that lets devs control how AI agents interact with websites using client-side JavaScript.

We talk to Evan You about Vite's journey from a prototype inspired by ES Modules to the industry-standard build tool. Also: Vite+ and AI.