I *love* flexbox. It's a fantastic tool. But there is a reason we have two layout tools, and it's because it can't do everything, and some solutions with it are overly complicated. We have grid for a reason, and it's not as complicated as it might seem at first.

🔗 Links 
✅ Learn Grid the easy way: https://youtu.be/8QSqwbSztnA
✅ Flexbox doesn't work the way you think it does: https://youtu.be/fm3dSg4cxRI
✅ Grid and position absolute work so well together: https://youtu.be/JdNG_PtuJXM
✅ Overlapping content with grid using named lines: https://youtu.be/CVKbe4RaUZQ

⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - Why I prefer grid for simple columns
04:50 - Structured, responsive grids
05:35 - Spanning columns and rows
06:50 - Overlapping content
08:30 - Please don’t bring up browser support

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No, Flexbox isn't "good enough"