In the past few years we've seen the rise of CSS-in-JS, emerging primarily from within the React community. This, of course, hasn't been without its controversies. Many people, particularly those already intimately familiar with CSS, have looked on in disbelief. "Why would anyone want to write CSS in JS?

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Over its 20 years of life, CSS has always had a layout-shaped hole in its center, one that's about to be filled. In order to fill that smartly, design systems become more critical than ever. See two outstanding talks addressing these topics.

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