Jamstack Conference, 2022-11-08

What are we talking about?
The Jamstack Community
- Who are we?
- What are we building?
- How are we building things?
- Where are we headed?
Why should you care?
Because knowing where you are helps you know where to go next.
Part 1:
Who's doing the building?
Lots of developers
But more full-stack than before

20% students
but mostly full time employed

Getting more experienced

The Great Resignation is real
33% of devs say they've changed jobs
in the last 12 months
What makes you stay in your job
- Your team
- Remote work available
- Career growth
What makes you leave your job
- Want to work remotely
- Career growth
- Company culture
83% of devs work remotely most of the time

Remote work is here to stay

Attitudes to
remote work
71% think
their company
has remote work "figured out"
87% say they
enjoy remote work
45% changed jobs
to work remotely more often
55% of people
would quit
if you made them work in person again
The revolution in distributed work is just getting started
Part 2:
What are we building?
33% of developers are serving audiences of millions

New device category?

Part 3:
How are we building?
Usage + Satisfaction

CMS landscape

WordPress has no obvious successor yet

Programming language


Programming language landscape

Frameworks
have human benefits
much greater than technical ones
Is React unstoppable?

Next.js

Vite

Big frameworks

Medium frameworks

Smaller frameworks

Frameworks changes

Zone 1: growth

Zone 2: rapid adoption

Zone 3: core users

Zone 4: danger zone

Part 4:
Where are we going?
Where frameworks are going
- If you want static, go with 11ty
- If you want an app, probably React
- and probably Next.js
- but if not Next.js then try Remix
Is web3 the future?

Web3 feelings

Web3 usage

Web components

Serverless

Serverless + Remix
Takeaways
Keep your team strong and provide career growth
or they will leave
Key takeaways
Remote work is not going anywhere
Key takeaways
Content management is in a transition period
from WordPress to... something else
Key takeaways
React may be unstoppable
Key takeaways
11ty for static sites
Key takeaways
Web3 is probably not the futre
Key takeaways
Web components have arrived
Key takeaways
Serverless is big and getting bigger
Key takeaways
Thank you
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Jamstack Community Survey 2022
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