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You're probably right. I just haven't needed to many layouts complex enough to make it useful. I should look into it more.

For a relatively standard problem (the "holy grail layout", 3 equal-height columns with header and footer), this article isn't bad: https://bitsofco.de/holy-grail-layout-css-grid/

http://gridbyexample.com/ is another nice resource.