I think I like how the article tells you that this comparison is basically like comparing Legos with IKEA furniture. But in reality I think more apt comparison

I think I like how the article tells you that this comparison is basically like comparing Legos with IKEA furniture. But in reality I think more apt comparison is getting wood and tools from HomeDepot vs buying make your furniture kit from IKEA. Writing plain old CSS would be like go to forest and cut down your own tree. People who are dissing on TailwindCSS come across as more emotional than sensible. Tailwind is a far better fit for any large application that needs to be unique in its design which is basically any major website today. An e-commerce site today does not need 10 different types of buttons but it rather needs 5 buttons and one button that completely stands out. Tailwind has gotten the complexity out of writing CSS to do all the common things yourself but it has not created and opinionated design philosophy either. It is not meant for your weekend project, but I do think nearly every large site will eventually move to a more Tailwind like framework.