From 39cdb609978899e52945d8dfea6ae4499880c789 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris C Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:05:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add "Bold Predictions for 2026" page and update navigation --- docs/bold-predictions-2026.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ mkdocs.yml | 1 + 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/bold-predictions-2026.md diff --git a/docs/bold-predictions-2026.md b/docs/bold-predictions-2026.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..baeb4da8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/bold-predictions-2026.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +# Bold Predictions for 2026 + +During our [January 13, 2026 Weekly Dev Chat session](posts/2026/01/13/index.md), participants made their bold predictions for the year ahead. Check back next year to see how many of these predictions came true! + +## AI & Machine Learning + +**Chris C**: Chinese and other non-American AI models are becoming cheaper and better, and will start eating away at American AI models. + +**Chris C**: A local AI model will be released for a desktop OS or phone that will be reasonably good. + +**Harold**: Creative AI that can come up with ideas it was not trained on. + +## Hardware & Infrastructure + +**Bobby**: NVIDIA graphics cards will go up in price. + +**Chris C**: The opposite - NVIDIA graphics cards will go down in price. Data centres are being over built and that will cause an oversupply of chips. + +**Harold**: Data centre in a non-obvious location such as space or ocean. + +## Operating Systems & Platforms + +**Omar**: Linux desktop usage will increase. + +## Developer Tools & Platforms + +**Norman**: Stack Overflow will go out of business this year. + +**Andrew**: GitHub has peaked and usage will drop. diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml index b293dc39..8466ade0 100644 --- a/mkdocs.yml +++ b/mkdocs.yml @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ plugins: nav: - Home: index.md - Join: join.md + - Bold Predictions 2026: bold-predictions-2026.md - Hosts: hosts/index.md - Past Hosts: past-hosts/index.md - Sponsors: sponsors/index.md From e4a9a46280fe5a6f44e8387e0dccedc0376088b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris C Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:09:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update docs/bold-predictions-2026.md Fixed grammar. Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/bold-predictions-2026.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/bold-predictions-2026.md b/docs/bold-predictions-2026.md index baeb4da8..b2696ab2 100644 --- a/docs/bold-predictions-2026.md +++ b/docs/bold-predictions-2026.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ During our [January 13, 2026 Weekly Dev Chat session](posts/2026/01/13/index.md) **Bobby**: NVIDIA graphics cards will go up in price. -**Chris C**: The opposite - NVIDIA graphics cards will go down in price. Data centres are being over built and that will cause an oversupply of chips. +**Chris C**: The opposite - NVIDIA graphics cards will go down in price. Data centres are being overbuilt and that will cause an oversupply of chips. **Harold**: Data centre in a non-obvious location such as space or ocean.