The author of Tailwind wrote a blog post explaining his rationale just after the very first version was released: https://adamwathan.me/css-utility-classes-and-

The author of Tailwind wrote a blog post explaining his rationale just after the very first version was released: https://adamwathan.me/css-utility-classes-and-separation-of-concerns/ https://adamwathan.me/css-utility-classes-and-separation-of-... It may be a longer read than you were looking for, in which case I’d say just try it on a small project next time you get the chance. It looks like it wouldn’t work, but it really does.