<![CDATA[@db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming.]]>@db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming.

This may be a weird detail to fall on, but I noticed they use logical property `marginBlock`, but also old-school `width` and `height` in one of their examples.

If you're gonna be shitty, at least be consistent about it, geez.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/01dbd7f1-9f0f-4d13-8d30-943e974941de/@db-just-scrolling-through-it-and-i-m-already-facepalming.RSS for NodeSun, 06 Sep 2026 02:00:26 GMTWed, 02 Sep 2026 12:34:25 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:27:20 GMT]]>@urlyman @db you misunderstand. There is an ideal of use cases. What those are we can kinda get closer to, but we can never truly know the ideal.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.data.coop/users/reynir/statuses/117202618981451064https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.data.coop/users/reynir/statuses/117202618981451064Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:27:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:10:35 GMT]]>@db Yes hello this text-only website *crunches* when I scroll down in on my phone's browser. More optimized than hand-written CSS my ass.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/helge/statuses/117202553132836551https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/helge/statuses/117202553132836551Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:10:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:52:10 GMT]]>@db 🤣 Uh yeah… That’s a nope. I still have hope that one day the young kids will all come around to knowing the joy of hand-crafted CSS.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jimmitchell/statuses/117202244791393828https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jimmitchell/statuses/117202244791393828Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:52:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:47:46 GMT]]>@db https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cROY4m4Ftiw

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jplebreton/statuses/117202227456442500https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jplebreton/statuses/117202227456442500Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:47:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:47:45 GMT]]>@davidgerard @db @fasterandworse

> Pass around styles as props

Every day we venture further from god

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toots.inbutts.lol/users/shnizmuffin/statuses/117202227411432640https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toots.inbutts.lol/users/shnizmuffin/statuses/117202227411432640Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:47:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:40:43 GMT]]>@davidgerard @db it’s always “how can we tear the heart out of css but keep it breathing?”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse/statuses/117202199708173963https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse/statuses/117202199708173963Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:40:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:10:06 GMT]]>@db You've heard of Cascading Style Sheets. Now meet: Contorted Style Shits! By Meta, for all your vibe coded broken web app needs!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/ap/users/115551004928089287/statuses/117202079336976273https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/ap/users/115551004928089287/statuses/117202079336976273Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:10:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:44:19 GMT]]>@db corporate tech's obsession with programmers having to learn as few programming languages as possible (so that they're replaceable) has resulted in the much worse situation of programmers having to learn an infinite array of redundant frameworks.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/thomasjwebb/statuses/117201977973739428https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/thomasjwebb/statuses/117201977973739428Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:44:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:38:07 GMT]]>@db Trying to read the document HTML tree and CSS of a Facebook page, is like the bit in Nolan's Interstellar where Matthew McConaughey enters the black hole...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/metaning/statuses/117201953606218827https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/metaning/statuses/117201953606218827Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:38:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:32:48 GMT]]>@db why use cascading style sheets when you could use cascading variable names like “styles” and “color styles” 😅

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://datavis.social/users/janeadams/statuses/117201932713153634https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://datavis.social/users/janeadams/statuses/117201932713153634Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:32:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:32:38 GMT]]>@db "The styling system that powers Meta"? No thanks, I'll stick to futzing around in plain old hand-written CSS.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/kawa/statuses/117201931995518322https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/kawa/statuses/117201931995518322Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:32:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:25:52 GMT]]>@db Just saw a video "why everyone is moving to stylex?"

I was gonna comment that it's not a question, then they fixed the title. It's a proper question now...

If that assertion is true, the reason would be that software developers are perpetual high schoolers chasing after the popular kids, I guess.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/CynAq/statuses/117201905402142744https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/CynAq/statuses/117201905402142744Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:25:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:20:05 GMT]]>@db From the birthplace of React comes this new and horrifying way to throw separation of concerns in a blender.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/woe2you/statuses/117201882675514581https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/woe2you/statuses/117201882675514581Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:20:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:19:06 GMT]]>@db That’s funny I do everything I can to avoid writing JavaScript

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/megabyteghost/statuses/117201878781744579https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/megabyteghost/statuses/117201878781744579Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:19:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:16:43 GMT]]>@db

"superior to what could be authored and maintained by hand" [citation needed]

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/pikesley/statuses/117201869452967337https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/pikesley/statuses/117201869452967337Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:16:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:14:24 GMT]]>@db you found this to torment @fasterandworse didn't you

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/117201860311741506https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/117201860311741506Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:14:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:58:32 GMT]]>@urlyman @db Ideal use cases: yes

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.tarmil.fr/users/tarmil/statuses/117201797910947552https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.tarmil.fr/users/tarmil/statuses/117201797910947552Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:58:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:57:47 GMT]]>@db thank you meta!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gryphonmyers/statuses/117201559050379044https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gryphonmyers/statuses/117201559050379044Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:57:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:46:20 GMT]]>@mahryekuh fragility for the win!

https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/111844063986360541

@db

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/urlyman/statuses/117201514018968601https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/urlyman/statuses/117201514018968601Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:46:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:45:11 GMT]]>@urlyman @db Probably. I like the added touch of the “X” in the name to fit the rest of the lineup.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mahryekuh/statuses/117201509523974636https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mahryekuh/statuses/117201509523974636Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:45:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:44:12 GMT]]>@mahryekuh ah yes, so the use case is the enabling of fascism

@db

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/urlyman/statuses/117201505675402722https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/urlyman/statuses/117201505675402722Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:44:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:43:48 GMT]]>@urlyman @db Yeah but didn’t you get the memo; “CSS bad, JavaScript good. Huahuahua”!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mahryekuh/statuses/117201504064012353https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mahryekuh/statuses/117201504064012353Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:43:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:42:49 GMT]]>@urlyman @db The site preview says this powers Meta products, so the use case is probably related to that.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mahryekuh/statuses/117201500226028809https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mahryekuh/statuses/117201500226028809Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:42:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @db Just scrolling through it and I'm already facepalming. on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:41:37 GMT]]>@db I mean “Reusable components” is not so much a ‘use case’ as the entire conception of CSS

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/urlyman/statuses/117201495500888049https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/urlyman/statuses/117201495500888049Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:41:37 GMT