[handy2000]

In an odd way, I miss the time when web dev was so quirky and unpredictable. It was a never-ending process of experimentation, puzzle solving, discovery, and, once you figure out a hacky way to do something as basic as a 3-column layout, very gratifying.

I guess for me it was more of a creative outlet than just a job.

[amatecha]

Yeah and hilariously, being able to navigate and accurately exploit the quirks of browsers could give your web development business a competitive edge. My colleagues and I had it as a source of pride to come up with a complete stack of tedious "hacks" to make even the most ambitious designs possible, in the mid-2000's. Our designers were able to basically make whatever they wanted (within reason) and have it work out. The excitement of getting some layout working that today would be trivial... ahh, fun times :) haha