My coworker spent 3 hours watching me code a spinning cube and just said 'that's pretty neat'

She told me she thought CSS art was just for buttons and backgrounds, and now I'm wondering if I should make more practical stuff instead of just fancy shapes.

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gavin_mason3117d ago

That spinning cube thing is actually a perfect example of something I've noticed everywhere lately. People get so focused on the "practical" stuff that they forget the fun experiments are what teach you the real tricks. Like, my buddy at work spent a whole weekend figuring out how to make a parallax scrolling effect on a fake landscape, no tutorials, just trial and error. Now he can apply that same math and logic to any layout problem because he learned the deeper mechanics instead of copying a button recipe. Your coworker might not see the value now, but that cube is probably teaching you way more than another flat UI component ever would.

emma_young17d ago

Oh man, I'm gonna disagree with your coworker. That CSS cube is way more impressive than some boring button hover effect. Like, showing off what you can actually do with code is how you get people to see this stuff as real skill, not just messing around. I mean, anybody can style a button, but a spinning cube takes real thinking and creativity. Don't dial it back, lean into the weird stuff.

lily_sullivan8215d ago

Gotta be real here, is it really that deep? It's just a cube spinning around. Cool trick and all but let's not act like it's gonna change the game.