402: Margin Considered Harmful

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This week, dluft asks on GitHub: Brian mentioned the article "Margin Considered Harmful" by Max Stoiber. I can't wrap my head around the takeaway. Could you explain how to use margins in Figma as instructed by Max, please?

• Max Stoiber’s original article, Margin Considered Harmful

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