15 replies

1. Jim Nielsen Bluesky 15 min later

   ...in JS

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 16 min later

      go straight to javascript jail; do not collect $200B investment; do not rewrite in go (or rust)

2. dan leatherman Mastodon 29 min later

   @zachleat what’s the over/under

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 55 min later

      @danleatherman 300KB extra HTML or 2MB extra JavaScript

3. Paul Hebert Bluesky 31 min later

   I'm in the middle of writing a blog post that feels very relevant to this... (Shadcn and Radix UI recreate radio buttons with JS instead of using CSS to style and it is... a lot.)

4. iamdtms Mastodon 46 min later

   @zachleat Place your bets. First recommendation in 1996.

5. Bob Monsour Mastodon 1 hr later

   @zachleat You bet…you win!!!

6. Marijke Luttekes Mastodon 1 hr later

   @zachleat Who will come back from the future to save humanity? I bet you it’s CSS.

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 hr later

      @mahryekuh you bet

7. Tim Severien Mastodon 1 hr later

   @zachleat I don't do over €5

8. Hidde Mastodon 1 hr later

   @zachleat especially now that it has been ‘fixed’ by ‘foundational web infrastructure’

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 1 hr later

      @hdv critical hit!

   2. Søren Birkemeyer Mastodon 2 hr later

      @hdv @zachleat heavy sigh

9. Brian Baldock 🇨🇦 Mastodon 7 hr later

   @zachleat Li css–s to print money. (En dash)

10. Cj Bluesky 16 hr later

    Build tools come and go. CSS? It's the bedrock. It was here before the SPA, and it'll be here after. It always wins 🙏