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> "height: 500px; height: 100vw;" is insanity in a > reasonably large project with multiple developers. > I forbid you to do it. What have happened to us?
by rimliu 9y ago
> "height: 500px; height: 100vw;" is insanity in a
> reasonably large project with multiple developers.
> I forbid you to do it.
What have happened to us? Too many post on HN show this attitude: make it cheaper to develop, don't care about the users. What happen with the "zen of the web"?
For one, I've started with the web around the time CSS was being born—2016. And in your example I see neither insanity nor large overhead, just a robust approach.
- chrisweekly 9y ago"CSS was being born-- 2016." ??? I started doing webdev in 1998 and gently suggest you check your notes.
- shadowycoder 9y agoYep. I could easily go find a "project" of mine (read: an Angelfire site) from the same year and it had plenty of CSS applied.
- akvadrako 9y agoHe's basically saying don't build hacks because it's not worth the the extra maintenance costs. Justifying your time is one of the most important software engineering principles.