Do we still need build tools?
Do we still need Rspack, SWC, PostCSS, Vite, Parcel, Webpack, Turbopack, esbuild, Rollup, Rolldown, Babel, Autoprefixer, esbuild and Lightning CSS in 2026?
Dark mode with web standards
Implementing dark mode with minimal JavaScript and standard CSS
Streaming HTML
Stream HTML with response.textStream() and streamHTML()
Text imports
Importing strings
Single color image
Working with the CSS image() function
runScripts
Run scripts when dynamically setting HTML.
Rethinking SVG icons
SVG icons are still a pain
The showPicker() method is still unusable
There's still no reliable way to show a picker for any input other than <input type="file">.
Initiating navigations with the Navigation API
The back(), forward(), reload(), traverseTo() and navigate() Navigation API methods
The navigate event
Using the Navigation API for same-document navigations
