<story><title>Yes, I can connect to a DB in CSS</title><url>https://www.leemeichin.com/posts/yes-i-can-connect-to-a-db-in-css.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ljm</author><text>Author here. While it&amp;#x27;s true that this depends on JS to work (because of the various new CSS Object Model APIs in the browser), I think there&amp;#x27;s enough doubt about my technique here that I can submit this for YC2023 and make bank in maybe a decade or so.&lt;p&gt;After all, I remember what everyone said about Dropbox...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jorgeleo</author><text>I think that technically you met the objective: you did make a css statement to query a database. What you have to construct on the side so it works is a lesson to learn, but at the end there was a valid css line that will reach the db.&lt;p&gt;I think purist try to process the feeling by going on deflecting and denial, which is a personal reaction. A common one at that, but is not a popularity contest.&lt;p&gt;As for me, I am having a lot of fun seeing my coworkers cringe asking them the question. It is fun.</text></comment>
<story><title>Yes, I can connect to a DB in CSS</title><url>https://www.leemeichin.com/posts/yes-i-can-connect-to-a-db-in-css.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ljm</author><text>Author here. While it&amp;#x27;s true that this depends on JS to work (because of the various new CSS Object Model APIs in the browser), I think there&amp;#x27;s enough doubt about my technique here that I can submit this for YC2023 and make bank in maybe a decade or so.&lt;p&gt;After all, I remember what everyone said about Dropbox...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>anon_123g987</author><text>If you want to impress Hacker News, you have to write a browser in CSS, too, because currently your work depends on C++.</text></comment>