Comment by pedrovhb

For what it's worth, as a primarily backend dev having ~recently started getting more deeply into frontend web, I have specifically noted in my head that the box model isn't too intuitive and in my inexperienced opinion, the default was a bad one. I figured surely if it is the way it is, then it's for reasons I do not yet comprehend™, so it actually feels pretty validating that someone who knows what they're talking about agrees.