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Nearly Perfect is a focused, illustrated guide to building enduring products. Why do certain products effortlessly dominate their competition? Why do some seemingly sophisticated products flounder and fail? This book explains why. Nearly Perfect explores problems and solutions from first principles, then applies this foundation to products and what makes them great. The best products in the world benefit from compounding loops, which we lay out in a practical, easy-to-understand framework.

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Learn to write better, resilient CSS If you find yourself wrestling with CSS layout, it’s likely you’re making decisions for browsers they should be making themselves.