I think CSS Modules[1] (mentioned toward the end of the article) provides a starting point to finding a good compromise. It deals with the scoping issues, as we

I think CSS Modules[1] (mentioned toward the end of the article) provides a starting point to finding a good compromise. It deals with the scoping issues, as well as interoperability between Javascript modules and the defined style classes. As it stands, the CSS Modules approach doesn't yet provide the same level of expressiveness which can be achieved with the styles-in-JS approach, but perhaps there is still value in evolving CSS-the-language to provide enough expressiveness while still providing an optimal syntax for style definition and facilitating static analysis and transformation specific to the domain of styling. [1] https://github.com/css-modules/css-modules https://github.com/css-modules/css-modules