[rachelandrew]

Creating HTML and CSS with the aid of a time machine would be far easier. The problem with HTML and CSS is that we can't break the web, and much of HTML and CSS comes from a time where the kind of things we want to do now couldn't really be imagined.

Here is a list of mistakes the CSS Working Group would like to change, if we could go back in time to do so https://wiki.csswg.org/ideas/mistakes

I would really encourage anyone who thinks the web platform as it stands is sucky to get involved in trying to make it better. There are lots of interesting things happening - a lot of them behind browser flags.

Also, take a look at Houdini - the project to open up the APIs and let you extend CSS itself. There is an explanation of the project here https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/03/houdini-maybe-the-m...