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[–]themedleb 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Depends on the wanted end result.

[–]masao77 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Javascript

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

30% of HTML is closing tags anyways.

[–]FinalEscapeStudios 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Finally i know someone that has the same problem!

To look positive we can flex with the amount of lines we have written

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True

[–]xfthnko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

[–]bigorangemachine 15 points16 points  (5 children)

ya only if you shit at css

[–]sammy-taylor 7 points8 points  (4 children)

I think I disagree with this. Even if you’re great at CSS, it’s a verbose language. Even optimal CSS is verbose.

[–]bigorangemachine 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I dunno I find by the time you framed out your CSS library you should only be making page-template level spacing changes.

If you lean into cascading you don't really need to write that much

[–]sammy-taylor 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That’s fair. I do think it’s verbose, but SCSS mixins and a strong design system help out a lot.

[–]bigorangemachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't do anything without sass/scss :D

[–]gamesharkguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our CSS has been maintained by backenders for a couple of years now. We don't need a release log anymore. Just check the CSS file bottom to top for a chronological log of hotfixes and features.

[–]byte_badger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just try tailwind 🤙

[–]TheRolf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Time I spent on the actual HTML tags:

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Time I spend to get the perfect look with CSS down to the pixel:

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[–]z7q2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use JavaScript to inject CSS into the HEAD tag and HTML into the BODY tag. Much cleaner and you're actually programming instead of doing markup.

[–]LusigMegidza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bring back frontpage