I think you hit the nail on the head with the "higher level language" comment. There's still value to being able to write at lower levels of language. Always

I think you hit the nail on the head with the "higher level language" comment. There's still value to being able to write at lower levels of language. Always has been, always will be. But having the higher-level languages lets you move a lot more rapidly, so long as the abstractions it makes for speed align with your goals. For a lot of people, Tailwind's abstractions very much align.