Have you ever thought that you shouldn’t do something because others are better than you? Perhaps once in a while you are attacked by the feeling that you are cheating others?

This question can be used to provoke a looong discussion among front-end developers. Just like bringing up a topic of semi-colons in JavaScript, css-in-js or the best linter config (just try to bring up one of these, grab some popcorn and watch 👀🍿).

The movement itself was created in 1981 by Ettore Sottsass — an Italian architect and designer. Sottsass organized a meeting with other designers after which they officially formed a design collaborative named Memphis.

Fortunately, this won’t be another post that just nags about technology being ahead of us or our inability to fully use it’s potential, but there is one thing I just have to complain about – we are lazy enough to just be OK with it. We don’t even try to pursue it.