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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Mar 25, 2026

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - CSS is DOOMed

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney , Justin Halsall , Christian Schaefer

CSS is no longer just for styling. Uncover how animation-based state machines and style queries transform it into a robust language capable of running game logic completely without JavaScript.

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