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👉 I’m hosting a free CSS Grid Workshop in my Discord on Friday, September 19th: https://discord.gg/Ww9VVyQbQY?event=1413592833742602321 There are a lot of CSS misconceptions out there in general, and today I’m tackling two of the biggest layout-related ones: How `flex: 1` works, and the idea that Flexbox is inherently simpler than Grid. ✉ Keep up to date with everything I'm up to https://www.kevinpowell.co/newsletter 💬 Come hang out with other devs in my Discord Community https://discord.gg/nTYCvrK ⭐ Are you a beginner? HTML & CSS for absolute beginners is for you: https://learn.kevinpowell.co 🎓 Start writing CSS with confidence with CSS Demystified: [https://cssdemystified.com](https://cssdemystified.com/) 🚀 Already mastered CSS? Check out my advanced course, Beyond CSS: https://www.beyondcss.dev/ --- Help support my channel 👨‍🎓 Get a course: https://www.kevinpowell.co/courses 👕 Buy a shirt: https://cottonbureau.com/people/kevin-powell 💖 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kevinpowell or through YT memberships: https://youtube.com/@KevinPowell/join --- 🧑‍💻 My editor: VS Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/ 🌈 My theme: One Dark Pro Var Night 🔤 My font: Cascadia Code --- I'm on some other places on the internet too! If you'd like a behind the scenes and previews of what's coming up on my YouTube channel: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kevinpowell.co Codepen: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/ Github: https://github.com/kevin-powell --- And whatever you do, don't forget to keep on making your corner of the internet just a little bit more awesome! ⌚ Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - flex: 1 06:10 - People over-complicate grid 11:46 - Direct grid and flexbox comparison #css