--- title: 11 Key Software Development Trends (2024-2026) | daily.dev description: Discover the key software development trends for 2024-2026, including low-code and no-code development, remote work driving cloud computing, increasing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/11-key-software-development-trends-2024-2026--xr6eje33c twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 11 Key Software Development Trends (2024-2026) | daily.dev og:description: Discover the key software development trends for 2024-2026, including low-code and no-code development, remote work driving cloud computing, increasing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/11-key-software-development-trends-2024-2026--xr6eje33c og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Xr6eJE33C.png og:image:alt: 11 Key Software Development Trends (2024-2026) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 11 Key Software Development Trends (2024-2026) **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 16 min read · 65 upvotes · 9 comments ## Summary Discover the key software development trends for 2024-2026, including low-code and no-code development, remote work driving cloud computing, increasing malicious software development, AI adoption, Rust gaining momentum, expansion of the IoT, progressive web apps (PWAs), microservices architecture, blockchain in software development, addressing the IT skills shortage through outsourcing, and the DevSecOps approach. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@sab\_001** · 1 upvotes > Hit the upvote if you liked this article! **@murumury** · 0 upvotes > Very useful article, thank you for sharing. **@codewithpau** · 0 upvotes > Thank you for sharing! Your article provides a clear and informative summary of the recent trends in software development. Very useful for anyone interested in staying up-to-date with the latest developments in the field. **@lawson** · 0 upvotes > Great article. Thank you @sab_001 **@clubanderson** · 0 upvotes > @sab_001 interesting read. I like how the blockchain and outsourcing graphs looked similar in terms of volatility. Could it be tied to economic fluctuations in both cases? 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Your article provides a clear and informative summary of the recent trends in software development. Very useful for anyone interested in staying up-to-date with the latest developments in the field.","datePublished":"2023-03-08T16:25:36.516Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Xr6eJE33C#c-QLkQBi2Q8","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Paula Isabel Signo","url":"https://daily.dev/codewithpau","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/102936794?v=4"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Great article. Thank you @sab_001","datePublished":"2023-03-01T03:41:36.389Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Xr6eJE33C#c-0z2phqBnl","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"lawson-ng","url":"https://daily.dev/lawson","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/72881474?v=4"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"@sab_001 interesting read. I like how the blockchain and outsourcing graphs looked similar in terms of volatility. Could it be tied to economic fluctuations in both cases? 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