Scaling CSS: Two Sides of a Spectrum

The subject of scaling CSS came up a lot in a recent ShopTalk Show with Ben Frain. Ben has put a lot of thought into the subject, even writing a complete book on it, Enduring CSS, which is centered around a whole ECSS methodology.

He talked about how there are essentially two solutions for styling at scale:

1. Total isolation
2. Total abstraction

Total isolation is some version of writing styles scoped to some boundary that you've set up (like …

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