I’ve been working pretty hard on getting the last important bits of YoDino implemented before Christmas. On the 11th, I started styling the app. On the 12th, my penchant for well-thought-out, structured, and predictable languages (<cough>Ruby</cough>) caused me to throw my hands in the air in frustration with CSS.

CSS…What an AWFUL language!

There, I said it. I don’t care if you can do awesome things with it, like CSS Zen Garden. Technically, you can do awesome things with Delphi and BASIC and ASP.NET, too. But I don’t do things with Delphi, BASIC or ASP.NET..and for very good reasons! [1] The same should apply to CSS, but there’s no alternative. Ugh.

Okay, tangent’s over. The frustration I felt from CSS was really blown out of proportion, but I think that’s because I’m doing this startup alone. It’s pretty much a fact that startups with multiple co-founders fare much better than startups with a single founder. Co-founders are able to discuss problems and ideas with each other, share frustrations, motivate each other, etc. They’re essentially a small, tight family.

I reckon my frustrations with CSS ended up being the straw that broke the camel’s back. I needed a break. So, you know what? I bloody well took one! [2]

Now, a couple of days later, I feel refreshed and ready to tackle it all again. And this time, I’m going to succeed. And CSS is going to be my bitch, not the other way around.

[1] If you have to ask why I don’t do things with Delphi, BASIC, or even ASP.NET, you’ve never experienced the clarity and melancholy of working in Ruby. Go try it. If, after a couple of days, you can honestly come back to me and say that you didn’t soil yourself from pure pleasure, I’ll buy you a beer.

[2] Yes, I know that once I launch YoDino, taking a break won’t be possible. But that’s okay! I’ll have made it through at least the first dip by then, and things will be different.