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World Congress 2023 • Aug 11, 2023

Is CSS Houdini finally usable in 2023?

Tanja Ulianova

CSS Houdini didn't fail; it pivoted. Leverage its three production-ready APIs to unlock type-safe properties, multithreaded painting, and up to a 30% performance boost in JavaScript style calculations.

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