In Defence of CSS and the Cascade
summary
Argues that the Cascade is a feature not a bug and that practical rules beat reinventing CSS, showing concrete tactics: use CSS custom properties and Sass partials with a deliberate import order based on ITCSS inverted triangle, rely on specificity math (element 1 class 10 id 100 inline 1000) and accept user styles and !important for accessibility. Recounts applying ordered partials and lightweight tooling at a large publisher so components stay reusable and conflicts disappear in practice, not theory.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 2:11nature
- 6:16WTF is the Cascade?
- 22:21Define your global variables initially (optional)
- 22:36Define your typography
- 23:09Define focussed visual components
- 24:32What do you rely on?
- 31:24Community sponsors
