# Do We Actually Need Specificity In CSS?

DevFeed: [Do We Actually Need Specificity In CSS?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/do-we-actually-need-specificity-in-css-29498.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://philipwalton.com/articles/do-we-actually-need-specificity-in-css/>)

Published: 2015-11-01T22:37:42Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Philip Walton](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/philip-walton.md>)

Topics: [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-development.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article questions whether CSS specificity is necessary. It explains that specificity can be unintuitive and explores whether it is possible to prevent specificity from affecting the CSS cascade.

## Source excerpt

Okay, before I start, I want to get one thing out of the way upfront. This article is not a rant about how much I hate specificity. If you want to read an article like that, I'm sure you can find dozens elsewhere online.