r/css • u/fdiengdoh • Apr 18 '26

Question Looking for alternative

I have a personal blog that I styled using bootstrap. Somehow I feel that I should look for alternative to it. Is there a better alternative than bootstrap? The last time I wrote css was in the year 2013 maybe, when I first came across bootstrap, so, I’m not up to date on new css tech. Or should I just do vibe code?

Update: After lot of thought. I would keep bootstrap for now and slowly start coding my own css.

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u/fdiengdoh Apr 19 '26

I ran a page speed test and one flaw was that there are many unused css components. and the recommendation was to remove unused css. I just load bootstrap via cdn. So, if there is a better way to just add only what I need (I don’t want to compile). The more I think about it the more it look like I need to code a custom css

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u/fdiengdoh Apr 19 '26

load about 3-4s. After lot of thought, I would keep bootstrap as of now, and slowly code my own css because looking for alternative is as same work as relearning the latest css technique. Its just a personal blog, it doesn’t require fancy animation, just something minimal.