The browser's View Transition API is a modern solution to bring more Single Page App behaviour to web sites without writing custom JS or CSS code - you can use it to animate the transitions between DOM states like loading indicators. Or so we thought. Join me for a whistlestop tour of how to abuse this API, what not to do if you're implementing it on your own site, and tips on potential footguns we faced when debugging an issue with View Transitions at Carwow.