Most CSS, as authored, is a maintenance nightmare full of kludges. So I can understand your take. But (as someone who's been building and improving websites since 1998), I don't blame CSS per se. The problem is developers who haven't learned it properly trying to be the browser's micromanager instead of its mentor. Take a look at https://every-layout.dev to see CSS in a new light; it's profoundly compelling, powerful, and elegant.