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description: 'Eleventy Excellent is inspired bythe companion website of Andy Bell’s talk "Be the browser’s mentor, not its micromanager".'
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This starter uses modern CSS, fluid type & space, flexible Layouts and Progressive Enhancement, wrapped in a basic template.

It is built around the CSS boilerplate by Andy Bell and inspired by Andy's talk **'Be the browser’s mentor, not its micromanager'**.

If you want to know exactly how it all works, [read this article on piccalil.li](https://piccalil.li/blog/a-css-project-boilerplate/).

The aim is to spread the idea and use of this _excellent_ workflow. To work with it efficiently you should be familiar with [cube.fyi](https://cube.fyi/), [utopia.fyi](https://utopia.fyi/) and [every-layout.dev](https://every-layout.dev/).

- buildexcellentwebsit.es
- Remix the original: https://glitch.com/edit/#!/remix/build-excellent-websites
- Study the [original CSS boilerplate](https://github.com/Set-Creative-Studio/cube-boilerplate/tree/main)

## Watch the talk

{% youtube 'JqnMI1AXl6w', 'Andy Bell – Be the browser’s mentor, not its micromanager' %}