PSA: Grid-auto-flow dense is not a magic fix for uneven content

I see so many tutorials pushing grid-auto-flow dense as the answer to all layout problems. Tried it on a real project last month. Product cards with different heights looked like a mess. Images shifted out of order. Took me 4 hours to undo it and just use explicit row placement instead. Anyone else find dense mode causes more problems than it solves?

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holly_flores794d ago

It's like when people try to cram every last thing into a garage and then can't find their lawnmower. Dense mode just hides the mess instead of fixing the real problem.

the_ray4d ago

And honestly, I see the same thing with people who buy huge SUVs for city driving because they 'might need the space' someday, then never actually use it. It's like we're all just collecting stuff and systems to make us feel prepared, but really we're just creating more clutter in our lives. Dense mode is just another way of pretending we've got it all together when really we're just stacking our problems deeper.