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

Aug 7, 2023

29:45

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

CSS Scoring: A Technique Used to Override Each Other's CSS

6min

CSS Styled Components Meet Tailwind

3min

How to Use Twitter to Block Custom Ads

3min

How to Pay for Divis

2min

The Importance of Divs in Drupal

2min

Facebook Is Tracking Everything

2min

Facebook's Event Handlers

3min

Facebook's Trigger Analytics Context Context

2min

10.

How to Render to React Native

4min

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about why Threads, Instagram, and all things Facebook have what seems like really messy HTML and CSS?

Show Notes

00:10 Welcome
Scott on Threads
Wes on Threads
00:35 Threads has got divs
02:42 Tight scoping
09:44 Avoids specificity
10:37 Dealing with ad blockers and scraping
15:45 Divs are free, what’s the big deal?
20:19 Facebook is tracking everything
27:57 React Native

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