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Not "new" doesn't mean boring. Boring means not using a technology (a framework, or a language) when not needed. Don't use Javascript on the frontend, when not needed, stick with one CSS pre-processor, one database, one cloud provider, one orchestration tool, one CI tool. Be frugal with your stack, and it will payoff.

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Agree with the sentiment but, one CSS preprocessor (!!) Lol I must be getting old, CSS3 is amazing why do you even need one?

That's a totally optional component that now needs to be updated, used in your build pipeline and Lord help you if you install it with npm and it isn't updated for a couple of years.

I'd add boring really means boring, yes that kind of boring (zzz) ;)

I think Sass fits the "boring" moniker quite well when it comes to CSS preprocessors. :)

That said, with recent and planned advances in CSS3 (and free of the IE shackles :) ), CSS preprocessors surely are slowly going the way of JQuery.

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