The Rise of Women's Breakdancing and Competition Dynamics

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This chapter explores the growing popularity of women's breakdancing and the competitive landscape of the sport. The speakers emphasize the importance of musicality over technical skills and share personal stories, including Nike's design of specialized breaking shoes for the Olympics.

Scott and Wes break down why your CSS might suck—from misusing specificity to not leveraging CSS variables. Tune in as they dive into common pitfalls that are making your stylesheets a hot mess.

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00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:33 Breakdancing in the Olympics.
05:29 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
05:44 Why your CSS sucks.
07:01 You’re styling the wrong element.
11:01 Nesting too deep.
12:37 You don’t understand specificity.
14:56 Your classes don’t use a system.
16:24 You’re using values instead of CSS vars.
20:16 You don’t understand block vs inline vs inline-block.
- CSS Logical Properties
21:16 You aren’t using the right tool for the job.
- CSS Flexbox, CSS Grid.
24:15 You’re setting the value in too many places.
24:31 You’re scoping to tightly or not tightly enough.