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> How can you do web development or even React if you don't understand CSS? I wrote my first line of CSS more than 20 years ago, have dug my way through CSS sp

> How can you do web development or even React if you don't understand CSS? I wrote my first line of CSS more than 20 years ago, have dug my way through CSS specs and browser quirks a countless number of times, write a ton of CSS in my day job, and even I wouldn't claim to really understand CSS. There are just too many hidden rules, too many edge cases, to really ever be certain you have now understood everything there is to understand. EDIT: I mean, consider this guy's recent blog post[0] for instance. He claims that CSS is logical and, presumably, that he understands that logic. Yet his article contains a number of factual errors, as mentioned in the HN comments. Nevertheless, he writes about CSS on a regular basis, so I'm sure he understands a great deal about it. In other words: In the world of CSS, even experts and experienced veterans are prone to not understand everything in detail. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39334685 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39334685

ramesh31 3y ago
>I wrote my first line of CSS more than 20 years ago, have dug my way through CSS specs and browser quirks a countless number of times, write a ton of CSS in my day job, and even I wouldn't claim to really understand CSS. There are just too many hidden rules, too many edge cases, to really ever be certain you have now understood everything there is to understand. Complete ditto. Been using it daily for a decade plus, and I could literally lay out a page perfectly while blindfolded at this point. But I would never claim to be a CSS "expert". Simply too many gotchas.
dylan604 3y ago
> he writes about CSS on a regular basis, so I'm sure he understands a great deal about it. Don't be so sure. The world is full of people that excel at the fake it til you make it skill. As long as you say it loud and full of confidence, people will just tend to accept whatever you're saying. Anyone that comes along and challenges will just be dismissed as a hater or similar. In software dev, these types tend to migrate upwards into management

ramesh31 3y ago

>I wrote my first line of CSS more than 20 years ago, have dug my way through CSS specs and browser quirks a countless number of times, write a ton of CSS in my day job, and even I wouldn't claim to really understand CSS. There are just too many hidden rules, too many edge cases, to really ever be certain you have now understood everything there is to understand. Complete ditto. Been using it daily for a decade plus, and I could literally lay out a page perfectly while blindfolded at this point. But I would never claim to be a CSS "expert". Simply too many gotchas.

dylan604 3y ago

> he writes about CSS on a regular basis, so I'm sure he understands a great deal about it. Don't be so sure. The world is full of people that excel at the fake it til you make it skill. As long as you say it loud and full of confidence, people will just tend to accept whatever you're saying. Anyone that comes along and challenges will just be dismissed as a hater or similar. In software dev, these types tend to migrate upwards into management