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Most CSS bugs I've fixed weren't actually CSS problems. They were structural problems just wearing a CSS costume.
You know the ones:
• A div that refuses to align
• A layout that breaks on mobile for no reason
• The same component behaves differently in two places
The reflex is to add more CSS. Override this, nudge that, throw an !important, and move on.
But almost every time I sat with it, the real issue was somewhere else. The markup was wrong. The component was doing too much. An abstraction was leaking into places it didn't belong.
Once I fixed the structure, the CSS sorted itself out. Almost every time.
So now, before I touch styles, I ask myself: Is this actually a CSS problem, or am I just treating the symptom?
What's the messiest CSS bug you've chased that turned out to be something else entirely? Drop it below 👇
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