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Bold Predictions for 2026

What are your bold tech predictions for 2026? Will AI take over or fizzle out? What new job title will emerge? What company will go the way of Netscape? What new invention will change the way we live? Will the Weekly Dev Chat hosts appear on Shark Tank? The bolder the better!

We will document everyone's predictions on the Weekly Dev Chat website and then check on them next year. Your predictions can be anonymous if you prefer.

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.

P.S. – Image was generated by ChatGPT.

2026 Bold Predictions

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Great Habits > Great Programmer

Kent Beck, creator of XP and an early proponent of Agile, has said, “I’m not a great programmer; I’m just a good programmer with great habits.”

Do you relate to this take? Do you have any great habits of your own when programming? Do you have some bad habits that you have picked up along the way or see some in other programmers?

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.

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Year in Review

This is our last meeting of the year. Looking back, what are your highlights? Disappointments? Did you jump into the AI pool? Learn a new tool, framework, or language? In your work, what was most annoying? What got in your way? What gave you the biggest boost in productivity? What was the most fun? Did you get a promotion? Did you change roles?

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Zoom link will be posted at 12pm MDT.

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