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While the author raises a lot of good points, Tailwind is not the actual problem, it is the consequence of a larger problem - development time (or lack thereof)
by neya 3y ago
While the author raises a lot of good points, Tailwind is not the actual problem, it is the consequence of a larger problem - development time (or lack thereof). Frontend development has become extremely competitive and now that anyone can literally pick up coding in under a month, the bids for the existing projects has skyrocketed. And one of the ways agencies and development shops are able to compete now, is with delivery time. Say, I need about 2 months to build you a decent web app using custom CSS, there is always another guy willing to do it in a month. And for that guy, Tailwind CSS is a boon. He just needs to write some code fast and move on to the next project.
I am not sure what is the solution to the time problem. I foresee it will only get worse now that there is also AI in the mix.
- syntheweave 3y agoWell, AI really suggests the endpoint: styling is done at the whims of the user, not the site owner. The owner, at most, suggests a default prompt for the content. But any particular formal encoding - language, visual design, etc. - is shredded and reconstituted by AI into whatever form the user considers most digestible. "Productions" are on their way out.