Debugging my first web page took way longer than expected.

I thought I had everything right, but the layout was all over the place. Turns out I forgot to close a div tag.

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Honestly though, is a missing tag really that bad? Layout bugs from unclosed divs are like the most basic fix. Try debugging a whole feature that works in one browser but completely breaks in another. That's when you want to pull your hair out. This seems pretty mild in the grand scheme of things.

the_ben5d ago

Find missing tags way more annoying actually. They break everything in subtle ways. Like when a page looks fine in Chrome but falls apart in Safari because of one unclosed div. At least browser bugs have workarounds. Missing tags just mean you messed up the basics. It's like building on a shaky foundation.