ibitCSS animation isn't faster because the math is cheaper. It's faster because it can run off the main thread entirely — and a JS library that hooks the same engine is just as smooth.
How the light-dark() function and color-scheme collapse the old two-blocks-of-variables dark mode pattern into a single source of truth — including a manual light/dark/system switch.
The new styleable <select> finally lets us build icon-and-swatch dropdowns — and that's exactly the trap. Visual content must be additive, never a substitute for real text.
The strongest arguments against Tailwind are real and worth naming — but most of the fight is aesthetics dressed as engineering. Here's how I split the legitimate critique from the vibes.