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The Rule of Least Power: “choose the least powerful language suitable for a given purpose.”

Stuff you used to need JavaScript for but can be un-learned now that they are fully implementable in HTML/CSS:

The Rule of Least Power: “choose the least powerful language suitable for a given purpose.”

Stuff you used to need JavaScript for but can be un-learned now that they are fully implementable in HTML/CSS:

https://youtu.be/IP_rtWEMR0o

“Once you learn how to do something on the web, you never have to learn it again. That’s the contract we have with the web; it’s backward compatible.”

The browser engines' dedication to backward compatibility is remarkable, but also a double-edged sword.

On the one hand, you can expect anything you create on top of web standards to be well-supported for a long time.

On the other – if you've invested a lot of time in a legacy framework or a tooling-heavy workflow, what incentive do you have to learn a newer, faster, leaner alternative?

/frontend dev・founder/decentralized data wrangler /blockhead・ritual.net・UI/UX abstractionist・DeFi/web3 builder・dropout・24・prev /dydx・x.com/darryl__yeo

https://warpcast.com/darrylyeo/0x2df58daf

You’re single handedly turning me into a css maxi

Tell that to the weirdos rebuilding the entire webstack in javascript. They chose a weak language to do powerful things