he Stability of Stacks: Why Absolute Positioning Fails
Why "dragging and dropping" creates fragile websites, and how the Flexbox model ensures digital resilience across every device.
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The Illusion of Freedom
In traditional graphic design tools, you can place an image anywhere on the canvas. It stays there. But the web is fluid. A screen can be 300 pixels wide or 3000.
When designers use "Absolute Positioning" (dragging elements freely), they are building a house of cards. As soon as the browser window resizes, elements overlap, text cuts off, and the layout drifts. This is the "Floating Ghost" effect.
The Engineering Solution: Flexbox Stacks
At Svarog, we don't just place elements; we structure them. We use Stacks (based on CSS Flexbox).
Relationship: Elements are aware of their neighbors. If one paragraph grows, the footer pushes down automatically.
Constraints: We define rules (Fill, Fit, Fixed) rather than coordinates.
Resilience: The layout adapts to the content, ensuring the site remains functional whether viewed on an iPhone SE or a 4K monitor.
We don't build paintings. We build flexible, resilient systems.
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