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Copy link Slack WhatsApp Facebook X New Squad Copy linkShare with your friends 1 7 ```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":"SQL vs. CSS What’s the Difference? 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Why would you compare SQL and CSS ??","datePublished":"2023-06-08T13:06:38.788Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pfsPJadao#c-BrmAJnMDb","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Bastien Nicolau","url":"https://daily.dev/punt","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"This is just strange…\nThe article states that the “two languages are nothing alike” and “used for entirely different purposes”… so why are you comparing them against each other?\nAs far as the two questions in the title… the difference is night and day and they are both great at what they do.","datePublished":"2023-06-08T13:23:28.080Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pfsPJadao#c-cwj6gYWTO","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gary Storey","url":"https://daily.dev/garystorey","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2197717?v=4"}}]} ```