Genesis or TwentyTwenty?

I've been a Genesis person as long as I've been a WordPresser. But now that I'm on the Core team, I thought I'd give our newest default theme, Twenty Twenty, a test drive.
Here's how it went, and what I discovered.

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1. Genesis or TwentyTwenty?
2. Do themes matter?
3. Maybe.
4. It’s really more about the blocks.
5. Themes For look and feel.
6. Plugins For functionality.
8. So. Genesis or TwentyTwenty?
11. Ground rules.
12. This was NOT going to be about fine design. Standard Shop layouts in WooCommerce No big design changes Let the block editor do its thing (but look into what blocks can do!) Stop obsessing and learn to love the div- itis
13. Right.
14. Fifteen minutes later…
16. Nothing distracts me like colors and type.
19. If I'd looked.
20. And been a lot faster in the CSS files.
22. If I'd looked.
31. Big functionality takes a big plugin.
40. So. Big functionality, big plugin.
41. Plus: Big flexibility in the block editor.
42. What are themes for?
43. One look. One voice. Consistency.
44. Mary Baum @marybaum marybaum marybaum