--- title: 2026 Computer Science Predictions | daily.dev description: A set of five technical predictions for 2026 covering: (1) CXL-backed tiered memory becoming a cloud offering as RAM prices rise and the Linux kernel matures... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/2026-computer-science-predictions-3ntlss4mu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 2026 Computer Science Predictions | daily.dev og:description: A set of five technical predictions for 2026 covering: (1) CXL-backed tiered memory becoming a cloud offering as RAM prices rise and the Linux kernel matures... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/2026-computer-science-predictions-3ntlss4mu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3NTLSs4Mu.png og:image:alt: 2026 Computer Science Predictions 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. # 2026 Computer Science Predictions **[LaurieWired](https://daily.dev/sources/lauriewired)** · 18 min read · 32 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A set of five technical predictions for 2026 covering: (1) CXL-backed tiered memory becoming a cloud offering as RAM prices rise and the Linux kernel matures its memory tiering support; (2) a coordinated lunar time standard being officially published, driven by general relativity making moon-time drift from Earth-time; (3) CHERI (Cherry) capability-based hardware memory safety gaining traction as a hardware-level alternative to rewriting codebases in Rust; (4) a major package repository like npm being forced to shut down registrations due to AI-assisted supply chain attacks and 'slop squatting'; and (5) LLVM adding a third ML-guided optimization heuristic, making compiler output non-deterministic at maximum optimization levels. ## 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. **@a\_meb\_a** · 0 upvotes > rise of the machines? didn't read that kkk ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [5 Tech Predictions for 2026: From AI Inference to Kubernetes](https://daily.dev/posts/5-tech-predictions-for-2026-from-ai-inference-to-kubernetes-zvjaio8vu) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Tech predictions for 2026 and beyond](https://daily.dev/posts/tech-predictions-for-2026-and-beyond-ltbxaozoe) · All Things Distributed · 66 upvotes · 3 comments - [LLM predictions for 2026, shared with Oxide and Friends](https://daily.dev/posts/llm-predictions-for-2026-shared-with-oxide-and-friends-qaeyuaram) · Simon Willison · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#compiler-optimization](https://daily.dev/tags/compiler-optimization), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/2026-computer-science-predictions-3ntlss4mu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"2026 Computer Science Predictions","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/2026-computer-science-predictions-3ntlss4mu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/2026-computer-science-predictions-3ntlss4mu"},"datePublished":"2026-02-18T19:10:58.112Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T02:17:52.270Z","description":"A set of five technical predictions for 2026 covering: (1) CXL-backed tiered memory becoming a cloud offering as RAM prices rise and the Linux kernel matures...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cnX5zJ_qGz0/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cnX5zJ_qGz0/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"LaurieWired","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"LaurieWired","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--PWgKO8OW--/f_auto/v1713076011/logos/lauriewired","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lauriewired"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/2026-computer-science-predictions-3ntlss4mu","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":32},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"compiler-optimization,general-programming,security","timeRequired":"PT18M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"2026 Computer Science Predictions","description":"A set of five technical predictions for 2026 covering: (1) CXL-backed tiered memory becoming a cloud offering as RAM prices rise and the Linux kernel matures...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cnX5zJ_qGz0/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-02-18T19:10:58.112Z","duration":"PT18M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/3NTLSs4Mu","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/cnX5zJ_qGz0"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"LaurieWired","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lauriewired"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"2026 Computer Science Predictions"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/2026-computer-science-predictions-3ntlss4mu","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"rise of the machines? didn’t read that kkk","datePublished":"2026-02-28T12:22:52.749Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/3NTLSs4Mu#c-Gz7DYMZRg","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Phillippe Michel Weir","url":"https://daily.dev/a_meb_a","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--BwH-uTMq--/f_auto/v1740136991/avatars/avatar_N403VFK9lAHNRwlSAhl1h"}}]} ```