Re:Tacit knowledge is more important than deliberate practice
by 88913527 on Sunday December 12, 2021 @02:18PM
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I once interviewed for a front-end role and had to google some CSS property name, as I still haven't committed to memory the difference between "align-items" and "justify-content", but I got dinged for that in feedback: grateful to have received feedback, which often isn't the case. It was one of those things I considered unimportant in the grander scheme of FE development.
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Re:Tacit knowledge is more important than deliberate practice
by dceddia on Sunday December 12, 2021 @11:26PM
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This is one of those weird little details that pretty much doesn't matter, because you just try both, and you do that every time, and it's fine. Maybe knowing the difference saves you 15 seconds.
I had an aha moment a little while ago when I realized "justify-content" works like the "justify" buttons in Google Docs/other word processors -- left/center/right. It's not a perfect parallel, since justify-content changes its meaning if the flex-direction changes, but it matches with the default behavior.