Tailwind CSS Grid Spacing Messed Up

I am trying to make a blog website with two columns for the posts. The first column displays one large-format post while the second displays 3 small-format posts (pictured below). However, when i do this to small-format posts seem to respect the spacing of the large-format post, even though they are in different columns. Here is a picture:

As you can see, I want the posts on the right side to be spaced evenly, but the second post starts at the end of the large-format post on the first column.

Here is my code:

import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
import client from '../client'
import BlockContent from '@sanity/block-content-to-react'
import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'

function Main() {
    const [posts, setPosts] = useState([])

    useEffect(() => {
        client.fetch(
            `*[_type == "post"] {
                title,
                slug,
                body,
                author,
                mainImage {
                    asset -> {
                        _id,
                        url
                    },
                    alt
                },
                publishedAt
            }`
        ).then((data) => setPosts(data))
         .catch(console.error)
    }, [])

    return (
        <div className='grid lg:grid-cols-3 md:grid-cols-2 gap-8 m-4 '>
            {posts.slice(0, 1).map((p, i) => (
                <Link to = {`/blog/${p.slug.current}`} className=''>
                    <article key = {p.slug.current} className=''>
                        <img src = {p.mainImage.asset.url} alt = {p.title} className='' />
                        <div>
                            <p className='font-bold text-xl text-secondary'>{p.title}</p>
                            <p className='text-sm'>By Brandon Pyle | {new Date(p.publishedAt).toLocaleDateString()}</p>
                        </div>
                    </article>
                </Link>
            ))}
            {posts.slice(1, 4).map((p, i) => (
                <Link to = {`/blog/${p.slug.current}`} className='col-start-2 h-16'>
                    <article key = {p.slug.current} className='flex'>
                        <img src = {p.mainImage.asset.url} alt = {p.title} className='w-auto h-auto max-h-[80px]' />
                        <div>
                            <p className='font-bold text-xl text-secondary'>{p.title}</p>
                            <p className='text-sm'>By Brandon Pyle | {new Date(p.publishedAt).toLocaleDateString()}</p>
                        </div>
                    </article>
                </Link>
            ))}
        </div>
    )
}

export default Main

Please let me know if you have any ideas on how to fix this issue! Thanks.

Answer

I figured out what was causing the issue. All I had to do was wrap each of the map functions in a div, like so:

import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
import client from '../client'
import BlockContent from '@sanity/block-content-to-react'
import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'

function Main() {
    const [posts, setPosts] = useState([])

    useEffect(() => {
        client.fetch(
            `*[_type == "post"] {
                title,
                slug,
                body,
                author,
                mainImage {
                    asset -> {
                        _id,
                        url
                    },
                    alt
                },
                publishedAt
            }`
        ).then((data) => setPosts(data))
         .catch(console.error)
    }, [])

    return (
        <div className='grid lg:grid-cols-3 md:grid-cols-2 gap-8 m-4 '>
            <div>
                {posts.slice(0, 1).map((p, i) => (
                    <Link to = {`/blog/${p.slug.current}`} className=''>
                        <article key = {p.slug.current} className=''>
                            <img src = {p.mainImage.asset.url} alt = {p.title} className='' />
                            <div>
                                <p className='font-bold text-xl text-secondary'>{p.title}</p>
                                <p className='text-sm'>By Brandon Pyle | {new Date(p.publishedAt).toLocaleDateString()}</p>
                            </div>
                        </article>
                    </Link>
                ))}
            </div>

            <div className='my-[-16px]'>
                {posts.slice(1, 4).map((p, i) => (
                    <Link to = {`/blog/${p.slug.current}`} className='col-start-2'>
                        <article key = {p.slug.current} className='flex my-4'>
                            <img src = {p.mainImage.asset.url} alt = {p.title} className='w-auto h-auto max-h-[80px]' />
                            <div>
                                <p className='font-bold text-xl text-secondary'>{p.title}</p>
                                <p className='text-sm'>By Brandon Pyle | {new Date(p.publishedAt).toLocaleDateString()}</p>
                            </div>
                        </article>
                    </Link>
                ))}
            </div>
        </div>
    )
}

export default Main

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