How Much CSS Should You Have?
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I've noticed recently that it's becoming more and more common to see websites with WAY too much CSS. I realized that I've never seen specific guidelines around how much CSS a website should have, and no clear narrative around the impact of total CSS transfer size. Most people just say " as little as possible " or " just write what you need and then optimize ". On the whole I think these statements are a bit too vague to be useful. In addition, there are a lot of articles about "optimizing" CSS (a.k.a writing more efficient selectors), which has quickly diminishing returns. In this article I will talk specifically about how big your CSS files should be, and talk about some other possible pitfalls when authoring CSS.