No. 816,  Monday, February 19, 2024   View in browser

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Olá, frontend friends! 👋

In this edition, we've curated some fascinating reads and links, including getting started with those big-brain LLMs, learning about specificity in CSS through a fun little game Lea Verou coded up, and a guide to fighting back against companies that use deceptive designs. And of course much more!

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❓Did you know that…

…before Google's famous Street View, there was Amazon's "Block View"? Launched in 2004 through Amazon's A9.com search engine, Block View offered street-level photographs of stores and restaurants paired with their Amazon listings, a whole year before Google introduced Street View.


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