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by gshulegaard 3169 days ago
Just wanted to point out that when Bootstrap first hit the scene this wasn't true:

> to add to that, the biggest problem that bootstrap solves IMO is a standard grid system, of which there are now many, more composable grid systems to choose from. Grid systems are so basic that its probably fine to pull one from the shelf, but with flexbox its really not that hard to write your own anyway.

Bootstrap was sort of a pioneer in the generalized responsive framework space. I recall Zurb Foundation close behind and Skeleton a short time after that...although my time line might be a bit screwed up.

Now with flex box it is certainly easier to roll your own...and that reduces the value (somewhat) of using a framework like Bootstrap or Foundation or (insert other responsive framework here), but it doesn't make it 0 (IMO).

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Not really since most browser have their opinion on how to actually flex the box in corner cases (like: an image that has height 100% and not a defined width will cause all kind of fun in a row flexy)
I just had to fix that in a project today. Looked great in Firefox, but Chrome made the images huge and every time the page changed they just got bigger. Seemed completely broken to me.