--- title: CSS { In Real Life } | daily.dev description: Modern web experiences have become cluttered with JavaScript-heavy pages, intrusive pop-ups, and poor UX design, driving users toward AI chatbots as an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/css-in-real-life--leszygp7m twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: CSS { In Real Life } | daily.dev og:description: Modern web experiences have become cluttered with JavaScript-heavy pages, intrusive pop-ups, and poor UX design, driving users toward AI chatbots as an... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/css-in-real-life--leszygp7m og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lESZyGp7M.png og:image:alt: CSS { In Real Life } og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # CSS { In Real Life } **[CSS \{IRL\}](https://daily.dev/sources/css-irl)** · 2 min read · 63 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Modern web experiences have become cluttered with JavaScript-heavy pages, intrusive pop-ups, and poor UX design, driving users toward AI chatbots as an alternative to traditional web browsing. The author draws parallels between Adobe Acrobat's messy interface and the current state of websites, arguing that improving web usability could reduce demand for AI-powered browsing solutions despite their accuracy and ethical concerns. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@fabianletsch** · 12 upvotes > As a web developer i must say, i absolutely love the idea of the web but i absolutely hate how it is implemented right now. > > Many more websites should just be static pages but instead they are some kind of AI generated mess with cookies, paywalls, ads, newsletters and so on.. **@sizanmahmud0** · 1 upvotes > This is a compelling perspective. While AI can accelerate development, an over-reliance on it as a primary coding tool can inadvertently introduce significant technical debt. AI-generated code often lacks the architectural oversight and optimization required for a clean, performant, and maintainable codebase. Therefore, I see AI's most valuable role as that of a sophisticated assistant to the developer, who remains essential for pruning 'garbage code,' enforcing best practices, and ensuring the final product is both fast and clean. --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#ux](https://daily.dev/tags/ux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/css-in-real-life--leszygp7m) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"CSS { In Real Life }","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/css-in-real-life--leszygp7m","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/css-in-real-life--leszygp7m"},"datePublished":"2025-09-28T14:02:59.740Z","dateModified":"2025-09-28T14:03:19.440Z","description":"Modern web experiences have become cluttered with JavaScript-heavy pages, intrusive pop-ups, and poor UX design, driving users toward AI chatbots as an...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1208d11d2f3bc36f48f64f103e1ab775?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1208d11d2f3bc36f48f64f103e1ab775?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"CSS {IRL}","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"CSS {IRL}","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/d3660e2b9dd548829510dc0e4ed58db3","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/css-irl"},"commentCount":2,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/css-in-real-life--leszygp7m","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":63},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"keywords":"ai,webdev,css,ux","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CSS {IRL}","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/css-irl"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"CSS { In Real Life }"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/css-in-real-life--leszygp7m","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"As a web developer i must say, i absolutely love the idea of the web but i absolutely hate how it is implemented right now.\nMany more websites should just be static pages but instead they are some kind of AI generated mess with cookies, paywalls, ads, newsletters and so on…","datePublished":"2025-09-28T14:56:22.899Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lESZyGp7M#c-SaEPJg4XH","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Fabian Letsch","url":"https://daily.dev/fabianletsch","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocKR6BVy_wn23EoOKq7-BlszlcXcLmASlnb7l-GtS-q1bePnkaJf=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":12}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"This is a compelling perspective. 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