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

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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• Scott: Sentry
• Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials

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