A history of styling choices leading to native CSS

This article chronicles the author's multi-year journey updating the styling of their 'todometer' app, reflecting the broader history of CSS. Starting with Less and React in 2016, they moved to Sass with CSS Modules in 2020, then to plain CSS with PostCSS in 2023. The final step in 2026 was switching to fully native CSS, leveraging built-in nesting and variables. The piece discusses the differences between postcss-nested and postcss-nesting libraries, and the minimal changes needed to achieve a pure CSS solution. It's a technical retrospective on web development trends and the power of modern browser capabilities.