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Perfectly Aligned Card Layouts Using CSS Subgrid (No JS Required)

  The Hook: The "Ragged Row" Problem For years, creating a grid of "cards"—layout components containing a header, varying lengths of content, and a footer/action area—has plagued UI designers with a subtle but infuriating alignment issue. While Flexbox and standard CSS Grid made equal-height  cards  easy ( height: 100%  or default stretch behavior), they failed to align the  internals  of those cards. If Card A has a two-line title and Card B has a one-line title, the content bodies start at different vertical positions. Consequently, the "Read More" buttons at the bottom never sit on the same visual scan line. Historically, we solved this with fragility: fixing heights (which breaks overflow),  display: table  hacks, or JavaScript loops that measure DOM elements and forcibly set inline styles. These methods are computationally expensive, prone to "Flash of Unstyled Content" (FOUC), and hostile to maintenance. With CSS Grid Level 2, specifically...