Why Is CSS So Weird?

Love it or hate it, CSS is weird! It doesn't work like most programming languages, and it doesn't work like a design tool either. But CSS is also solving a very weird and unique problem: What does it mean to "design" in a medium that is appears on everything from tablets, laptops, and TVs to braille readers, watches, and headphones?

As the web becomes more powerful and complex, it's important to ask: how did we get here, and where are we headed?

Links:
The first website: http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/The...
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) mission: https://www.w3.org/Consortium/mission
Emulated WorldWideWeb browser: https://worldwideweb.cern.ch/
Emulated Line-Mode browser: http://line-mode.cern.ch/
Dao of Web Design: https://alistapart.com/article/dao/