Haha, ya, in the end, tables are still the simplest to reason about when it comes to layout! I kept using them long past when we weren't supposed to since the whole float thing was a mess and compatibility was still a big issue.

While it's a ton of markup, tables are build upon a few easy-to-remember concepts and you can do anything (including vertically align without googling!). I'm still constantly looking up flex and grid rules.

That said, I did move on.