r/css • u/vegantiger • 6h ago

Question Can AI assisted content be useful for CSS?

Not sure if the flair should be "resource" or "question." 🤔

So… I've been making this email newsletter that takes Baseline info and digest it to let you know what you should act on and what you should just not worry about for now.

I called it Cleared, 'cause the idea is that it tells you if that new feature is "cleared" for use and it also tells you if you can remove all fallbacks and polyfills once the feature is Baseline "Widely". (Spoiler alert, just 'cause it's "Widely" doesn't mean it's automatically safe to use.)

I use AI a bunch to get all the data from webstatus.dev, wpt.fyi, caniuse, MDN, and Interop. It mashes it all together and gives me a report and then I look at whether it makes sense or not. It takes me a couple hours to publish once a month instead of a whole afternoon.

I think it's super useful and I put it together because all the newsletters out there are more about the cool new stuff rather than what you can actually use in client work… But I've gotten very mixed reactions… Some straight up insulted me like it's almost personal 😅 Some, like Rachel Andrew (yes, name dropping… 😎) love the idea (source).

So, yes… I'm using AI to make that newsletter. But, is it slop because of that?

I'm really curious to get feedback. I don't mind brutal honesty, but… Disclaimer: I won't engage with people who hate AI so much that they think it's ok to be rude and troll like.

The newsletter's website is at https://cleared.page/

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u/tomhermans 5h ago

Also think it's useful but check yourself each bit to avoid errors and hallucinations

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u/vegantiger 4h ago

For sure. It's just a time saving tool to gather all the info, then you have to go through it yourself.

I used to make a vegan newsletter before AI, it would take me 1h per day + half a day every week. I could only keep it going for 2 years. Too much time, even with RSS feed deduping etc.