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Yeah I mean, sure you 'construct' and 'architect' the web page but you definitely still 'style' it and using different words doesn't make CSS any less annoying to use


Semantics do actually matter quite a bit. They are what ultimately determine your frame of reference, and ultimately, how you use a thing.

It's more of a mental model with which to see it. If you view a webpage as something to be 'architected', rather than as simply something to be 'styled', every else you do (as well as how you feel when you're doing it) changes.


I am happy that you think that works for you but I have a hard time believing that it will have any actual meaningful effect for most people. You can describe an activity in any different set of synonyms but the activity at its core does not change.

Your approach reminds me of a cross between "neurolinguistic programming" and the character Tom Sawyer when he convinces everyone that painting a fence is fun.




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