Delete Your Animation Libraries. CSS Replaced Them.

Your animation library is killing your app. Every fade-in, every scroll animation, every page transition — you're paying for it in bundle size and performance. CSS can do 90% of what Framer Motion, GSAP, and AOS do. Zero JavaScript. Zero bundle cost. Better performance. In this video, I show you 5 modern CSS features that replace your animation libraries — and how to teach your AI coding assistant to use them instead. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:47 - Why animation libraries destroy performance 1:47 - Scroll-Driven Animations (bye AOS & GSAP) 4:31- View Transitions API (bye Framer Motion) 5:50 - @starting-style (entry animations in pure CSS) 7:31 - Animate display:none (exit animations fixed) 8:52 - @property (animate anything) 10:42 - Wrap up #css #webdev #react #frontend #animations