Comparing two ways to load non-critical CSS
Scott’s trying to find out the best ways to load critical CSS first and non-critical CSS later. Good discussion ensues.
GitHub’s CSS · @mdo
Mark Otto talks through the state of Github’s CSS and the processes behind updating it. There’s a nice mix of pragmatism and best practices, together with a recognition that there’s always room for improvement.
Related links
Sass Selectors: To Nest Or Not To Nest? | Brad Frost
The fascinating results of Brad’s survey.
Personally, I’m not a fan of nesting. I feel it obfuscates more than helps. And it makes searching for a specific selector tricky.
That said, Danielle feels quite strongly that nesting is the way to go, so on Clearleft projects, that’s how we write Sass + BEM.
Nobody Said CSS Is Easy
One thing I gained a stronger awareness of (simply from working with checkboxes) is that it’s important to progressively enhance UI components, so that a fancy custom one is able to fall back to the default browser styles and functionality. This way, a user can still access the UI if JavaScript or CSS fail.
Rebuilding slack.com – Several People Are Coding
A really great case study of a code refactor by Mina, with particular emphasis on the benefits of CSS Grid, fluid typography, and accessibility.