Post B2NbYYwC0cObkqpVxI by flancian@social.coop
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(DIR) Post #B2NZETF5H554OIxS3E by icedquinn@blob.cat
2026-01-17T14:50:21.382459Z
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there comes a point in fixing your muds output that it turns in to json and you start questioning if you should just use http entirely :cat_sad:
(DIR) Post #B2NZNF3tMnMb17uC8G by icedquinn@blob.cat
2026-01-17T14:51:56.321877Z
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i do think that 'just use css' is a failed concept and there wasn't anything wrong with tables. what did we do? tables: nice clean intention of how people design. replacement: nested div/spans and a second programming language to re-create what we already did.who the fuck is responsible for CSS i'm 99.9% certain they were sent by the CIA* to ruin technology*terry davis joke
(DIR) Post #B2NZpReW9FI8AuU7u4 by icedquinn@blob.cat
2026-01-17T14:57:02.761151Z
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the terrible part is that i'm pretty sure the entirety of miglayout accomplishes the majority of what a css designer wants to do, and does it cleaner, because its just a really well factored version of the grid bag.my current operating theory is miglayout and a constraint solver are all you need. and i'm not entirely sure about that constraint solver. (currently thinking HAM might be better even, simpler to do force direction graphing for tabstops.)not that anyone cares we'll be deep in to vibe coded world war 3 by the time i ship anything :blobcatghost:
(DIR) Post #B2NbYYwC0cObkqpVxI by flancian@social.coop
2026-01-17T15:15:22Z
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@icedquinn what do you think about css grid? Have you tried it? I hadn't myself but Gemini used it in some Agora tasks and it seems pretty nice, I think it would be my go-to for table-like UX in the future.
(DIR) Post #B2NbYa2buF7jB2q9b6 by icedquinn@blob.cat
2026-01-17T15:16:23.560184Z
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@flancian > gen ai enabling css to get worse:neocat_floof_explode: