From 35adf8521c3514feec0388e946a92327b730a931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Davies Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 21:20:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add daily email for 2024-05-26 Is it time to stop writing Sass? --- source/_daily_emails/2024-05-26.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_daily_emails/2024-05-26.md diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2024-05-26.md b/source/_daily_emails/2024-05-26.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..643da7ec4 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2024-05-26.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +title: Is it time to stop writing Sass? +date: 2024-05-26 +permalink: daily/2024/05/26/is-it-time-to-stop-writing-sass +tags: + - software-development + - css +cta: ~ +snippet: | + Is it time to stop writing stylesheets is Sass? +--- + +I've seen a lot of recent posts that ask questions like "Is it time to stop writing Sass?". + +I haven't written a Less or Sass stylesheet since I adopted utility classes and Tachyons, and then Tailwind CSS, and I moved to PostCSS. + +But, with recent native browser support added for some Sass features, such as [CSS nesting][nesting] and [CSS custom properties][custom properties] (variables), people are considering moving from Sass to regular CSS. + +Using regular CSS also makes it easier to onboard new Developers onto your project, which is particularly helpful in open-source projects, as [Mark Conroy and I discussed][podcast] on the Beyond Blocks podcast. + +[custom properties]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Using_CSS_custom_properties +[nesting]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_nesting +[podcast]: {{site.url}}/podcast/11-mark-conroy