2026 Predictions That Every Founder Should Plan For

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Time to make some bold calls. In this special episode of SaaS That App: Building B2B Web Applications, hosts Aaron Marchbanks and Justin Edwards share a list of 2026 predictions from the Delta Systems team and friends, then put them on the record so they can revisit (and roast) themselves next year. What You’ll Learn: Why Edge AI will shift compute from data centers to user devices How LLM-generated code becomes the majority of new code written this year Why typed languages become non-negotiable for AI-assisted development The emerging senior developer role shift How hosting costs spike despite AI efficiency gains Why AI-generated art, music, and writing will proliferate with zero attribution guardrails Justin Edwards is the CIO at Delta Systems, where he helps businesses turn messy ideas into working software, and the co-host of SaaS That App. Before joining Delta in 2022, Justin ran Iterative Consulting, a custom software shop, and later co-founded Strive DB, a SaaS company serving victim-service organizations. Across those roles, he’s gone from wiring up early-stage prototypes to steering large-scale digital rebuilds, and everything in between.