We've been separating concerns wrong (and CSS is fixing it)
From General Musings with Kevin Powell by Kevin Powell
February 27, 2026 · 15 min
About this episode
Kevin Powell discusses the evolving role of CSS in web development and its implications for JavaScript.
In this episode, I talk about some of the new stuff happening with CSS and how it's starting to do things we used to rely on JavaScript for. I dive into how some people think this is CSS overstepping its bounds, but I see it in a bit of a different light. The codepen by Temani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3tPDZCk2o x64 emulator with CSS by Rebane: https://lyra.horse/x86css/ The original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3tPDZCk2o
People in this episode
Host: Kevin Powell
Topics covered
- CSS
- JavaScript
- web development
- coding practices
- frontend development
Keywords
- CSS
- JavaScript
- web development
- coding
- frontend
- Temani
- Rebane
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: We've been separating concerns wrong (and CSS is fixing it), The original video
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