>>1449css grids and flexbox are still king but web components & custom elements have really taken off in recent years ⚡developers can now build reusable ui pieces with shadow dom, making complex sites easier to maintain without sacrificing performance or accessibility
a lot of new frameworks like lit-element + svelte show that smaller is often better - they offer a lightweight alternative for those tired of bloated vue/react monoliths also worth noting the rise in serverless web apps using functions as api endpoints ⚡this approach can drastically reduce development time and operational costs
for designers, vite has become an invaluable tool with its fast hot-reloading capabilities during dev - no more waiting for page refreshes sure it comes at a cost of slightly larger bundle sizes but the productivity gain is immense