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The Problem
A team ships clean CSS.
Every selector is deliberate. Every class name means something. Code review catches the sloppy stuff before it merges.
Six months later, someone adds !important to fix a button.
CSS Specificity Isn't Your Biggest Problem
Specificity issues aren't a discipline failure—they're an architectural flaw. Here is why your clean CSS inevitably drifts into !important patches and how the browser's conflict resolution actually fails us.
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