2026 Predictions That Every Founder Should Plan For

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. This podcast is brought to you by Delta Systems, your one-stop shop for front-end, back-end, and full-stack software development. At Delta, Justin and Aaron share the same philosophy when it comes to clients: they treat people like colleagues, not just customers. Maybe that’s why Delta typically spends years working with the same companies: how many software engineering firms can you say that about? So, if you’ve got a big SaaS project in mind but have no idea where to start, come and get a free scope and estimate from Delta Systems on their website. Got a burning idea for an episode, or a SaaS question you absolutely must know the answer to? Leave us a voice memo at SaasThatApp

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.

Aaron Marchbanks is the Head of Engineering at Delta Systems and Co-host of SaaS That App. He has spent nearly two decades helping startups and established businesses alike bring their software products to life. Since joining Delta in 2006, Aaron has played a key role in launching and scaling dozens of B2B SaaS products across various industries, including logistics, healthcare, and professional services.

This podcast is brought to you by Delta Systems, your one-stop shop for front-end, back-end, and full-stack software development. At Delta, Justin and Aaron share the same philosophy when it comes to clients: they treat people like colleagues, not just customers. Maybe that’s why Delta typically spends years working with the same companies: how many software engineering firms can you say that about? So, if you’ve got a big SaaS project in mind but have no idea where to start, come and get a free scope and estimate from Delta Systems on their website.

Highlights:

[00:00] Introduction
[02:55] Edge AI Will Become a Big Deal
[04:02] Most Code Will Be Written By LLMs
[05:05] Typed Languages Surge and Testing Becomes the Real Job
[07:00] Hosting Costs Increase Due to AI Infrastructure Demand
[07:21] A Giant AI-Related Data Breach
[07:59] ‘Internet-Destroying’ Outage Driven by DNS/Network Issues
[09:14] Senior Dev Salaries Rise While Headcount Drops
[10:37] GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs Shift to ‘Maintenance Forever’
[12:33] AI Runs Roughshod Over the Arts
[14:40] AI Fatigue Becomes Real
[15:16] Grandma AI
[18:55] The Anti-Hyphen Rebellion
[20:30] Coordinated AI-Agent Botnet Attacks
[21:18] The promise: Revisit in a Year and Score the Predictions

Episode Resources:

Aaron Marchbanks on LinkedIn
Justin Edwards on LinkedIn
Delta Systems Website

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