why am i relearning flexbox every 3 weeks like CSS wipes…
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why am i relearning flexbox every 3 weeks like CSS wipes my memory overnight
7 months self teaching web dev. I have built actual layouts with flexbox. I have used align items. I have centered the div, allegedly.
three weeks later I am on MDN reading the same page again and the words look brand new. most spaced repetition tools for students examples are vocab or anatomy where memorizing the fact IS the task. code is weird because I do not want to memorize syntax, I want my brain to remember "oh, grid is probably the move here."
is this worth reviewing explicitly or is forgetting + looking things up just normal programmer life? genuinely cant tell if im fixing a problem or inventing one
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7 months self teaching web dev. I have built actual layouts with flexbox. I have used align items. I have centered the div, allegedly.
three weeks later I am on MDN reading the same page again and the words look brand new. most spaced repetition tools for students examples are vocab or anatomy where memorizing the fact IS the task. code is weird because I do not want to memorize syntax, I want my brain to remember "oh, grid is probably the move here."
is this worth reviewing explicitly or is forgetting + looking things up just normal programmer life? genuinely cant tell if im fixing a problem or inventing one
#programming #technology #dev
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CSS is not wiping the page overnight. The quiet stretch is. Seven months in, you already ran align-items and centered the div. What goes soft is which knob does what once a layout sits untouched for three weeks. Vocab cards work for anatomy because the fact stays one shape. Flexbox changes the second the parent gets a new width, so rereading MDN feels brand new even when the moves are still in there. A blank file and the same three patterns, center, space-between, wrap, sticks better than another pass at the docs.
