[wruza]

According to this, most CSS issues boil down to “you don’t know CSS and have a wrong mental model”. Well, if most people who enter it have a wrong mental model, it’s not their fault that the “correct” model is absolutely alchemic in its nature.

[dpedu]

"Software that doesn't conform to my pre-conceived mental model is poorly made".

No, what you said is not the point of what I wrote. "Wrong" in the sense that it's an imported assumption that has nothing to do with the technology at hand. And don't see anything wrong with that. Having an open mind when leaning something new is important.

[wruza]

Agree on the statement, disagree on the sentiment. You only have that much capacity. If people have preconceptions that clearly correspond to tasks/solutions they have in mind, it's absolutely unwise to ignore this free part in your design and design something that makes it completely irrelevant.