The CSS expertise kerfuffle (JS Party #45)

Suz, Nick, and KBall are joined by special guest Aimee Knight to talk about CSS, how it’s often trivialized and how that in turn affects the people who write it, what CSS in JS is, and how to get started with it.

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Featuring:

• Aimee Knight – Website, GitHub, X
• Suz Hinton – GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Bluesky, Mastodon, X
• Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

• CSS dismissal is about exclusion, not technology
• 9 CSS in JS Libraries You Should Know in 2018 – Bits and Pieces
• CSS Blocks
• Houdini: Maybe The Most Exciting Development In CSS You’ve Never Heard Of — Smashing Magazine
• Is Houdini Ready Yet?

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!