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As a backend engineer with no frontend experience, why do folks care so much when something is done "only with CSS"?

Is it because there is some technical advantage, or is it more of a "code golf" thing like, "Look at this rainbow quine I wrote that renders itself in assembly ascii art!"

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It's a little of both. If I can do something with CSS, like animation, I'll take that over trying to do something custom with javascript. It's a perform

But it also feels great when you can cleverly replace a piece of javascript with a CSS effect.

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