[mistersquid]

> Yet during that same period, use of tables was shamed for layout.

Tables for non-table data are not semantic and break accessibility.

There is more to web development than where content lands on a page, which is only part of why good web development is hard.

[recursive]

Tailwind is not semantic, but no one seems to mind that for some reason.

[matheusmoreira]

Tailwind is anti-semantic. It's a less verbose version of the style="..." attribute. It's like people just gave up on the idea of element classes altogether.

[TylerE]

Because they don’t work, and you end up with some pseudo-semantic but actually not hell.

[recursive]

Ok but then tables must be ok for layout.

[TylerE]

I never said that they weren’t. I think the semantic purists are nuts.

[chiefalchemist]

And good web development is harder because still too often web design is done by designers who don't have enough understanding of web development.

My gawd, just earlier today I saw a help wanted that said "...PSD to pixel perfect..." I would have laughed if I wasn't already crying. "This is my life" and then the tears kicked in.