Functional CSS and Tachyons

Adam Morse joined the show to talk about Functional CSS and his project Tachyons - a CSS Toolkit that lets you quickly build and design new UI without writing CSS. We talk about Scalable CSS, the difference between “Atomic”, “OOCSS”, “BEM” and others, semantic class names, and where we go from here.

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Featuring:

• Adam Morse – Website, GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Scalable CSS
• tachyons-css/tachyons on GitHub
• TACHYONS - CSS Toolkit
• Compositor: Tools & Services for Designers, Developers, & Creatives
• CSS Stats + check out Changelog.com’s stats here
• Wilson Miner - When We Build

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