After a series of un/fortunate events, I found myself rebuilding the CSS starter that I use for any new side projects. It was time to add useful features, remove past mistakes, and generaly practice good gardening. I wanted to apply the lessons I've learned through others (the easy way) or by experience (the hard way), and codify some questionable opinions into things my future self will have to live with and be the judge of. Mostly, it's the joy of learning something new, and messing with code just for fun. Anyway, here are some guiding principles for how I write CSS today.