Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 13, 2014Dabbling again in web programming after a decade. Same as 2004 CSS seems the most horrifying part of the stack. Am I alone in this opinion?74
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @flowerornament@msutherl @arjunblj there is also a connotation of "magical"? CSS looks more like magic to me.7:26 PM · Dec 13, 2014
Arjun Balaji@arjunblj·Dec 13, 2014Replying to @vgr@vgr @msutherl It's the layer of abstraction. Moving up with better tools (i.e. LESS magically compiling) leads to feelings of magic.
Arjun Balaji@arjunblj·Dec 13, 2014Replying to @vgr@vgr @msutherl Another int'g comparison is Coffeescript abstracting away all the nasty parts of JS (like inheritance), which feels magical.1