Arqum Usmani: Notes https://ausmani.vercel.app/notes Short, opinionated notes on design and engineering from Arqum Usmani. en-us Why I still write CSS by hand https://ausmani.vercel.app/notes/why-i-still-write-css https://ausmani.vercel.app/notes/why-i-still-write-css Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Every generation of tooling promises to make hand-written CSS unnecessary. I keep writing it anyway, and here's the actual reason, not the nostalgic one. The design review question that actually finds problems https://ausmani.vercel.app/notes/design-review-note https://ausmani.vercel.app/notes/design-review-note Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Most design review feedback is opinion laundering. One question consistently cuts through it, and it's not 'what do you think?'