Yes, people can do wonderful things with CSS (see the links). But it massively fails the “Simple things should be simple” test.
Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe
 @codepo8
5 Oct 2016
Can we stop bad-mouthing CSS in developer talks, please? christianheilmann.com/2016/1… - you're not clever, you stop our community from growing
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Replying to @timbray
Examples of simple things that are hard?

Oct 5, 2016 · 5:38 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
center a <div> vertically & horizontally
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Horizontally isn't hard. Vertically isn't a simple requirement as soon as you start discussing what exactly you want to achieve.