I experience the same than the author. But I have absolutely not the same problem with a declarative language such as QML, Cascade, Android xml, Jboss rules eng

I experience the same than the author. But I have absolutely not the same problem with a declarative language such as QML, Cascade, Android xml, Jboss rules engines, etc... I don't think it is caused by this aspect of CSS. The problem could come from the fact that it mixes 2 purposes: style AND layout to apply it globally with rules that get harder to understand the bigger the project.