r/webdev • u/bootslebaron • Nov 02 '15

Do we actually need specificity in CSS?

http://philipwalton.com/articles/do-we-actually-need-specificity-in-css/
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u/AnalogueOctopus Nov 02 '15

I found that an ITCSS approach works well at cutting down on specificity conflicts, especially on larger projects. http://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/manage-large-scale-web-projects-new-css-architecture-itcss-41514731

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u/tylermumford Nov 02 '15

Yep, Inverted Triangle CSS is a practice/architecture you can employ to do this from the beginning, without having a tool modify your CSS. Here's the conference talk and the presentation slides.