The second posting on the 2026 market is not a softer AI engineer. It is one person who owns Python and the React TypeScript screen – and who has already put an LLM feature in front of real users. Mixing it with the LangGraph-production seat is how a JD asks for two seniors and pays for one.
The last article was the 3D object. This one is the 2D stage. Catch the fruit. Dodge the rotten ones. The GPU keeps the sprites at 60 fps; the score under it stays HTML. How I wire a branded minigame as a Next.js island – and why Pixi is still not a game engine.
The last article was when I would leave the DOM. This one is the object. Drag it. Switch glass to chrome. The GPU paints the SKU; the copy around it stays HTML. How I wire that island in Next.js – and why it still does not live on the homepage.
MCP is the USB port for AI tools: a model lists functions, calls them with a schema, and gets data back. It is not a chatbot and it is not a reason to buy a gateway. When a ten-person company should wire it this month, when a form is still the right product, and how I would connect Figma, Next.js, and a bounded agent.