I Copied [responsive-columns] Literally and It Didn't Work! Understanding Placeholders vs Real Code
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I was following a tutorial and copied this code: <div class="grid [responsive-columns] gap-6"> and NOTHING HAPPENED! 😱 My grid looked broken and I couldn't figure out why. My mentor pointed out the issue immediately: I copied [responsive-columns] literally as a class name! It was a placeholder meant to be replaced with actual Tailwind classes. This embarrassing moment taught me the crucial difference between documentation placeholders and real code. Never again! 🔥