# CSS experiments include Doom, 3D rendering, and a database-query engine

DevFeed: [CSS experiments include Doom, 3D rendering, and a database-query engine](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/justice-for-css-84389.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://chriscoyier.net/2026/10/09/justice-for-css/>)

Author: Chris Coyier

Published: 2026-10-09T19:52:58Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Chris Coyier](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chris-coyier.md>)

Topics: [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [3D](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/3d.md>), [table-partitioning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/table-partitioning.md>)

Tags: [3d](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/3d.md>), [3d-rendering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/3d-rendering.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [query-engine](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/query-engine.md>), [uncategorized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uncategorized.md>)

## AI overview

The author celebrates CSS as a medium for unusual programming projects, citing a Doom recreation, holographic Pokémon cards, 3D-rendering engines, and an experimental database-query engine built entirely in CSS.

## Source excerpt

Fun seeing CSS be a topic in WIRED. Pete Millspaugh shouting out some greats: One programmer recently re-created Doom in CSS. Others have used it to build holographic Pokémon cards and 3D-rendering engines. Cassidy Williams, who competed in this year's inaugural March MadCSS tournament, built an experimental database-query engine entirely in CSS. I mean, hell [...]