--- title: Defensive CSS | daily.dev description: Defensive CSS is a collection of snippets that can help you in writing CSS that is protected. Oftentimes, we wish that there was a way to avoid a certain CSS... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/defensive-css-tmz6xi81r twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Defensive CSS | daily.dev og:description: Defensive CSS is a collection of snippets that can help you in writing CSS that is protected. Oftentimes, we wish that there was a way to avoid a certain CSS... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/defensive-css-tmz6xi81r og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tMz6xi81R.png og:image:alt: Defensive CSS 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. # Defensive CSS **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 11 min read · 156 upvotes · 8 comments ## Summary Defensive CSS is a collection of snippets that can help you in writing CSS that is protected. Oftentimes, we wish that there was a way to avoid a certain CSS issue or behaviors from happening. This is built upon an article I wrote a while back called “The just in case mindset” ## 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. **@jindradev** · 3 upvotes > This should be the top post! **@prism\_dan** · 2 upvotes > One of the best articles I've seen on overcoming common layout pitfalls in modern CSS. > > > I'm a big fan of encouraging a more proactive approach to writing CSS. Really well written article! **@heyshubhi** · 0 upvotes > Interesting article !! **@monsieurwize** · 0 upvotes > Very interesting !! **@ghost** · 0 upvotes > Some really important and useful CSS tips. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/defensive-css-tmz6xi81r) ```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":"Defensive CSS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/defensive-css-tmz6xi81r","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/defensive-css-tmz6xi81r"},"datePublished":"2021-12-10T13:48:12.485Z","dateModified":"2021-12-10T13:48:12.485Z","description":"Defensive CSS is a collection of snippets that can help you in writing CSS that is protected. 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