68: Building Interfaces with Utility-First CSS

They talk about the problems this approach has solved for them, the surprising workflow benefits, and some tips and tricks for using this approach well.

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Links:

• BEM, the Block Element Modifier CSS methodology
• About HTML semantics and front-end architecture, a blog post by Nicolas Gallagher that heavily inspired the way Adam writes CSS
• Implementing Designs with Utility-Focused CSS, a recorded live stream where you can watch Adam implement a design using his work-in-progress CSS framework
• Beard, David Hemphill's utility framework
• Tachyons, a popular utility framework
• fractures utility framework
• turrettcss utility framework