#legacy-code

#legacy-code

Two years ago, the Express team initiated a complete revamp of the project's governance. What was once a largely single-maintainer effort under Doug Wilson evolved into a structured Technical Committee (TC) with multiple active contributors. "Our goal was to evolve Express from a single-maintainer project into a sustainable, community-driven effort - one built on shared responsibility, clear processes, and long-term vision," Ulises explained.

The idea behind this is to share a full, unfiltered look at integrating CSS Cascade Layers into an existing legacy codebase. In practice, it's about refactoring existing CSS to use cascade layers without breaking anything. You can always get a fantastic overview of things in Stephenie Eckles' article, " Getting Started With CSS Cascade Layers ". But let's talk about the experience of integrating cascade layers into real-world code, the good, the bad, and the spaghetti.