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Why is Facebook’s HTML + CSS Such a Mess?

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

CHAPTER

CSS Styled Components Meet Tailwind

Facebook is using styled components with utility atomic classes. The approach avoids all, oh my gosh, I'm gonna have to say it, it avoids all spec of specificity issues. There are never any nested classes that apply to different things. You simply just have a class that applies color red, text line left, grid row three and it's applied directly to the class.

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