Just hit 37 lines of CSS for a full dashboard layout and it blew my mind

I was rebuilding a client's admin panel and decided to go pure Grid, no frameworks. The old version used Bootstrap with about 200 lines of custom CSS on top. I got the same responsive sidebar, main content, and stats grid working with just 37 lines in the Grid container and items. The key was using grid-auto-flow: dense to handle the card stacking on smaller screens without extra media queries. Has anyone else been shocked by how much code Grid can replace?

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john_ramirez28d ago

Yeah, I rebuilt a project dashboard last month and cut the CSS in half using grid-template-areas. It's crazy how much cleaner it gets.

the_jenny28d ago

Nice! Did you find it easier to keep track of all the layout pieces that way? I always get lost in the grid lines and numbers.