Playing: 650: Why is Facebook’s HTML + CSS Such a Mess?
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Aug 7th, 2023
Why is Facebook’s HTML + CSS Such a Mess?
👇 Download Show✏️ Edit Show NotesIn 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
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
Tech stack rebuild for a new Facebook.com - Engineering at Meta
Facebook CSS-in-JS Solution Stylex Introduced at React Finland 2021
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