Flexing Colors
Getting things to do exactly what I wanted them to do took up a huge portion of the day, but it was actually a really simple solution in flexbox. I don’t know why I’m so resistant of it. I guess I just feel like everything should work in grid – flexbox feels hacky.
Then, I didn’t even like the result! I was able to use it elsewhere, though.
Now I have to go do anything but this for a while. My plants are thirsty!
Site update: Added colors, it’s no longer a “Hello, World!” page, and created a small profile section for me. LIke 3 lines of color coding and it looks like I should have bumped a whole version number – I know better.
Post by Josh on 14 Jul 2020.
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