Why is Facebook’s HTML + CSS Such a Mess? - a podcast by Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

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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