CSS Algorithms

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Claim: CSS qualifies as a domain‑specific declarative programming language and a well defined declaration can act as an algorithm. Evidence: an experimental rendering implementation in Rust (Servo) underlies layout, a WordPress project and npm monorepo house a design system called Larva with about 20 algorithms, and a glue utility appears roughly 15 times in one site. Tools: CodePen and a small JS test harness compare box positions. Result: the CSS unit‑test prototype finds a real spacing bug in staging.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:41Is CSS a programming language
3. 4:58Turddriven development
4. 7:47Algorithms
5. 11:57Algorithms 101
6. 13:24Common Algorithms
7. 16:37Laras Story
8. 26:22Unit Tests

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