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Re:Show HN: Struggle with CSS Flexbox? This Playground Is fo... by p0w3n3d on Sunday January 05, 2025 @04:43AM (#42600736)
2025: two years and three tutorials later I still cannot use flex properly.

Another one that didn't help me as well: https://flexboxfroggy.com/

Re:Show HN: Struggle with CSS Flexbox? This Playground Is fo... by aimazon on Sunday January 05, 2025 @04:58AM (#42600784)
After years of working with Flexbox, I have realized Flexbox is like plugging in a USB-A: justify and align are always the wrong way around on first try.
Re:Show HN: Struggle with CSS Flexbox? This Playground Is fo... by oneeyedpigeon on Sunday January 05, 2025 @05:48AM (#42600948)
But, like USB-A, are they also frequently the wrong way round the second time too?
Re:Show HN: Struggle with CSS Flexbox? This Playground Is fo... by esprehn on Sunday January 05, 2025 @09:37AM (#42602004)
Yes.
Re:Show HN: Struggle with CSS Flexbox? This Playground Is fo... by p0w3n3d on Monday January 06, 2025 @02:27PM (#42614459)
It's because both USB-A and flexbox are in dimension of a higher order
Re:Show HN: Struggle with CSS Flexbox? This Playground Is fo... by lenkite on Sunday January 05, 2025 @07:23AM (#42601323)
Man, why is it so hard to keep in memory ? Can keep a whole bunch of stuff in memory - including CSS float layout for years, but flexbox hits that strange place where if one doesn't use it for a couple of months, one tends to forget 80% of it and needs to re-read from scratch and spend time on the playground again.

The problem is that too many property names are just non-intuitive or plain wrong. They might as well have given them one or two letter symbolic names.

Re:Show HN: Struggle with CSS Flexbox? This Playground Is fo... by yoav_sbg on Sunday January 05, 2025 @04:49AM (#42600757)
I also know flexboxfroggy but as I like to "play" and less read/write I didn't find this website useful. Hope you will find it useful. If something is missing, please let me know :)