Why Is CSS So Weird?

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A Mozilla Developer video explaining why CSS feels so different from a programming language. It frames CSS as a declarative language for describing layouts that must work in unknown conditions.

HN people share it as the explanation of why CSS cannot be approached as code.

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@stanulilic2024 · in “Why Is CSS So Weird? [video]”
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@Deimorz2019 · in “New In Postgres 12: Generated Columns”
> CSS is a similar phenomenon, you can't approach it as code. Mozilla put out a good video about this today: ▶ this video
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