From Negative Margins to Clean Layouts: How I Stopped Fighting CSS

Hi everyone! 👋 I'm Lilian, a frontend developer transitioning from Agricultural Science. This week, I launched my first professional portfolio hub, and I want to share a specific lesson I learned about CSS spacing that changed how I approach layouts. The Problem: Forcing Things to Fit When I was styling my portfolio, I noticed some elements felt too far apart. My quick fix? Negative margins. I wrote code like this: blockquote { margin-top : -40px ; /* Pulling it up by force */ } On my desktop s