The great divide was indeed divisive | Chris Coyier

Chris reviews their thoughts on the infamous Great Divide article, with some useful additional nuance. Also, isn't it fun to see a blog post response to a blog post 😊

On the ultimate point of the OG Great Divide article:

Since there is too much for any web developer to know, what is the most graceful and professionally acceptable way of not knowing things?

Whatever the answer is, it’s definitely not “ignore, shit on, and downplay the things you don’t know and gatekeep the things you do.”

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