That's actually the recommended way to componentize Tailwind using @apply once the styles grow too large and repetitive (no naming convention guidelines as far

That's actually the recommended way to componentize Tailwind using @apply once the styles grow too large and repetitive (no naming convention guidelines as far as I know, though). They got a big improvement in version 2 since now you can @apply styles with media rules and state modifiers like hover. Tailwind is the first coherent CSS framework that makes that mixin design pattern work in my experience. Before, such designs usually drifted towards a spaghetti meta layer over regular CSS, creating an exponential mess. The added benefit of being able to go inline utility classes -> class names only when you want to (like when you've got a better view of the big picture) should not be underestimated.