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It’s not reusable. It’s not consistent. It’s not scoped.

It may be hard to see now how it will bite you now, but I promise you, it will. It would take hours to explain why, but I am speaking from years of experience here.

There is a reason large organizations have abandoned this approach, and it isn’t just personal preference.

This talk gives a pretty good explanation, Airbnb.design, Netflix, Facebook, and Instagram have many others

https://youtu.be/TuLY1cYM57g?t=530



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