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Jul 28 2020

Tradeoffs and Shifting Complexity

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Tradeoffs and Shifting Complexity
Learning how to reduce complexity is probably the biggest skill you can learn in your career in UX, accessibility, performance, and even development as a whole. If you don’t need it, remove it.
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News
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Libs, Tools & References
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Articles
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CSS background is one of the most used CSS properties. However, using multiple backgrounds is still not well known across all developers.
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For beginners
A gentle introduction to why Webpack exists, the problems it solves, and how to use it.
Demo
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