Ngl I gotta push back on this one hard. That old timer's way might work for a garden wall in Austin but if you're doing anything load bearing or in a place with freeze thaw cycles you want that extra mortar for thermal mass and structural integrity. Tbh I've seen too many thin buttered walls crumble after a couple rough winters because the bond didn't have enough depth to hold. Honestly more people need to realize that saving 20% on mud means nothing if you're replacing the whole wall in 5 years.

Wait, @betty_fisher5, did you actually try building it or are you just picturing it? I'm curious how you'd handle things like images or text that need to sit side by side without flex. Like, imagine a photo gallery with 5 different sized pictures all stacked on top of each other just because Grid put them in a single column. Would you use inline-block inside each grid cell, or just let it all flow vertically? Seems like you'd be spending a lot of time rewriting things that flex handles automatically.

Wait, 28%? That's insane. Our close rate was stuck at like twelve percent for two years. We thought we were asking good questions but Sarah must have some kind of magic script or something. How do you even measure that kind of jump without it being a fluke?

idk is the noise really that bad? those foam panels are more for killing echo inside the room not blocking sound from getting through walls.

nah i gotta disagree with you here. i've been laying brick for years in texas heat and never wet my bricks. sounds like you just had bad mortar mix or didn't work fast enough. that old timer stuff is more about superstition than science.