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Tailwind is much, much faster than building your own stylesheets with deeper abstractions. In most cases, it is faster to use Tailwind than customizing an exis
by vehemenz 4y ago
Tailwind is much, much faster than building your own stylesheets with deeper abstractions.
In most cases, it is faster to use Tailwind than customizing an existing UI framework.
SCSS and CSS in JS are more complex solutions than Tailwind.
Maintainability is generally better with Tailwind because you don’t need to remember all of your abstractions and any hidden structures, eg this div.className always needs to be nested a certain way. Onboarding is trivial because Tailwind can be mastered in two afternoons.
Tailwind might not be for everyone, but the features it provides allow for rapid development and easy maintenance. The author has issues with Tailwind in React, but these seem mire like React complexity than Tailwind.