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title: "💭 Adam Wathan on X: \"Hear me out. https://t.co/QHkEI6SJYZ\" / X"
description: "!https://twitter.com/adamwathan/status/1734696245015494711"
date: 2023-12-13
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  - css
  - thought
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 I'm going to give this trick a shot on my sites, and see how I like it.

``` css
* {
  min-width: 0
}
```

Down in the comments [@adamwathan](https://twitter.com/adamwathan/) goes on to say.


> Basically every layout overflow bug ever boils down to some flex or grid child needing min-width: 0 😄

Oh and [@ryanflorence](https://twitter.com/ryanflorence) also says in the comments.

> I ... do this.


!!! note

    This post is a <a href="/thoughts/" class="wikilink" data-title="Thoughts" data-description="These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don&#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my..." data-date="2024-04-01">thought</a>. It's a short note that I make
    about someone else's content online <a href="/tags/thoughts/" class="hashtag-tag" data-tag="thoughts" data-count=2 data-reading-time=3 data-reading-time-text="3 minutes">#thoughts</a>
