#066 - CSS Is The Hardest Programming Language from Backend Banter

#066 - CSS Is The Hardest Programming Language

55 minutes Posted Aug 12, 2024 at 11:00 am.

Intro

CSS Wizard has entered the chat

HTML and CSS are not programming languages

There's a case for complex things using CSS

CSS is declarative by nature

Writing CSS is a pain

AI isn't a threat to CSS

Breaking barriers between designers and developers

Getting to an entry-level competency on the backend is a bit more difficult when compared to the frontend

Adam's backstory

Knowing everything

The majority of the complexity lives on the frontend a lot of the times

South Park Reality

BFF vs BOF (Backend for frontend vs Backend of the Frontend)

CSS is typed in the browser

Take on why are there so many mormons and ex-mormons in the webdev and tech influencer scene?

Where to find Adam

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In today’s episode, we bring Adam Argyle, a CSS Dev Rel at Google, content creator, co-host at CSS Podcast, Bad At CSS Podcast and host of GUI Challenges. He’s also the creator of a bunch of tools and utilities for the front-end.

We’re going to touch on a lot of hot topics, regarding the difficulty and power of CSS, how programmers most of the time underestimate and dismiss it as something trivial when in reality it’s one of the hardest things to master in the programming world. We also go over AI, the barriers between designers and developers and a bunch of other topics.

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Adam's Website: https://nerdy.dev/

Adam's X/Twitter: https://x.com/argyleink

Adam on Chrome For Developers: https://chromeextensionsdocs.appspot.com/authors/argyle/

The CSS Podcast: https://thecsspodcast.libsyn.com/

Bad at CSS Podcast: https://badatcss.com/

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