No one is sad that AI writes CSS now, and I stand by that.
The claim keeps appearing: "Oh, I really miss writing CSS by hand now that AI is doing it all." Every time I see it, I have the same question.
What, exactly, do you miss?
Let's go through it.
Spending hours, days, even, figuring out why something isn't applying
Is that what you miss? Genuinely?
Rage quitting because a missing full stop broke the whole site
One character. The entire site. Gone. You miss that?
Centering a div
This one was basically a rite of passage. Not a fond memory.
Come on now.
No one misses writing CSS by hand. No one. And I don't care how many nostalgic LinkedIn posts say otherwise.