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

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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156: The State of CSS Is In