Frontend Focus issue #750 curates several pieces on the state of frontend development in 2026. The lead article audits whether build tools are still necessary, concluding that while vendor prefixing and ES5 transpiling are fading, bundling and minification remain relevant. Other highlights include Lea Verou defending polyfills against criticism from a spec editor, a CSS @layer pattern for managing design tokens at CodePen, a tutorial on building animated 3D buttons, and the release of Color.js 0.7 with expanded color space support and improved gamut mapping.
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