Spent 3 months hardcoding colors before I learned about CSS variables

I kept copying the same hex codes over and over in my stylesheet, and when my boss asked me to change the theme color on a project last week, I had to edit like 60 lines. Has anyone else had that 'oh no' moment where you realize a basic tool would've saved you hours?

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charles_mitchell1mo ago

Did you at least write a quick find-and-replace to fix it, or did you go line by line like a madman?

kim.jake1mo ago

Found and replaced so many it looked like the same line repeated.