Why is Facebook’s HTML + CSS Such a Mess?
Aug 07, 2023•30 min
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Episode description
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
- Scott: Sentry
- Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials
- Scott’s Instagram
- LevelUpTutorials Instagram
- Wes’ Instagram
- Wes’ Twitter
- Wes’ Facebook
- Scott’s Twitter
- Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets
- Wes Bos on Bluesky
- Scott on Bluesky
- Syntax on Bluesky
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