You really can't avoid CSS unless you use turgid, opinionated and increasingly out-of-date stuff like Bootstrap and it's ilk. If you just want to be able to ex

You really can't avoid CSS unless you use turgid, opinionated and increasingly out-of-date stuff like Bootstrap and it's ilk. If you just want to be able to execute your will intuitively, it's much better to learn "enough" modern CSS and stick to modern browsers. Now with CSS Grid for layout it's so much less frustrating than just having Flexbox, and a world away from the dumpster-fire that was Floats (and before that, html tables).