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> There seem to be hundreds of these things out there. So why bother with another one? Well, I was sick of fighting with the other options. Most are overly opin
by trynewideas 6y ago
> There seem to be hundreds of these things out there. So why bother with another one? Well, I was sick of fighting with the other options. Most are overly opinionated and result in spending time fighting the framework instead of it boosting productivity. I have tried so many different ones. Some do too much, others do too little. I needed some middle ground that worked for specifically what I wanted.
It genuinely doesn't feel like this boilerplate sentiment is ever necessary, but it seems to wind up in so many of these types of projects.
We get it, nobody who writes a CSS framework likes any other CSS framework enough to use it. If they did, this new framework wouldn't exist.
But it's a bad first impression to put an aimless rant the top of the readme of a project you're showing off, instead of talking about what makes this project unique, because there _never_ seems to be a good-enough reason to take a swipe at other people's work — especially when someone will inevitably start writing a CSS framework after liking 90% of Blunt but bouncing off one or two things Blunt intentionally does or doesn't do.
I can imagine maybe thinking it's relatable in some way, but to me, every time and without fail, it just poisons my sentiment before I've even looked at the implementation.
- lucideer 6y agoThis seems to be highly subjective as I'm the exact opposite. I guess perhaps I have an overly critical mindset, but when I see this, my feeling is more of relief that this is someone who considers the purpose and need of their projects carefully before starting, and is reluctant to "create more stuff" for the sake of it rather than leveraging idiomatic approaches. There's also the added confirmation bias of reading a rant of frustrations you share. NOTE: This is a comment on the sentiment of your comment, not on the original article, the author of which I must say seems to be experiencing frustrations I do not share.