The Quest Begins (The "Why") I was building a dashboard for a side‑project last month. The design called for a header, a sidebar, a main content area, and a footer that needed to stay glued to the bottom no matter how short the page was. I reached for Flexbox because, honestly, it’s the go‑to for most layout tasks. I whipped up a column flex container, stuck the sidebar and main area inside, and set flex: 1 on the main block so it would take up the remaining space. Everything looked f...