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Discussion on: Understanding the spectrum of CSS frameworks

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Rob Levin

Great points Ben! I think we should do both — use frameworks, tear them apart, analyze them. Take the good, ditch the bad. Write your own. But also write custom CSS. Large projects. Toy projects. You need them both. It's like an athlete balancing doing drills versus match play. You need it all 😄 — lastly, we need to think for ourselves and go look at the source code. And write. Really it's like language. Read. Write. Read some more. Write some more. I think it's the only way 😄 ⭐ 💪

Oh and I agree that sometimes the frameworks (or really libraries) fail at a11y. But sometimes they're really good. Or, you can see them improving rapidly. I have seen ChakraUI make some notable improvements from 2020 to 2021 for example. Someone there made a concerted effort no doubt.