The Breakpoint [2026-01-07] - Happy 2026
Meow world, welcome back to The Breakpoint, a weekly thread on all things dev tools on Product Hunt.
The latest
Recent dev-first products launched on the site
@Firecrawl launched /agent an API that searches, navigates, and gathers data from complex websites
@cto.new launched an AI benchmark tool based on real end-to-end coding tasks from their users
@DiffSense is a free, local AI git commit generator
@Stakpak.dev is now open-source
@Ultracite is an opinionated linter and code formatter, free and open-source
The state of software engineering in 2026?
Last year, we had a discussion on the future of software engineering in the age of AI, and the latest State of Open Source highlighted some answers: AI is now standard in software development. It doesn't replace developers, tho. It brings more people into the ecosystem.
As we're entering a new year, we could start making predictions again. On X, @rauchg shared:
I expect the web to become a lot more whimsical in 2026. Cost of personalization is plummeting with AI. Your wildest dreams and visions can be turned into pixels now. A renaissance is imminent.
Over to you! What do you think 2026 will look like for developers?
The job board
Recent dev-first products launched on the site—that are actively hiring. No affiliation, most of them are hiring across the board. Supported by DatoCMS.
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