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Tailwind v4 tree shakes too so even thats not technically bloated anymore

• o11c 1y ago
  Tree-shaking really only works for languages that are designed to be tree-shakable, which no web language is.
  • typpilol 1y ago
    Type/JavaScript are extremely tree shakable if using esm.. what makes you think it's not?
    • o11c 1y ago
      Only at the most crude level. Ever heard of "virtual functions"?
      • typpilol 1y ago
        Runtime polymorphism is great but I wouldn't consider that to be tree shaking.
• _heimdall 1y ago
  Tree shaking and bloat are different concerns. And, technically, is tailwind tree shaking? I thought they only built styles that the compiler could find being used rather than removing styles the compiler couldn't find being used.
  • typpilol 1y ago
    Tailwind v4 tree shakes automatically on imports is what I understand. I don't think it's identical to package tree shaking but the outcome is the same. I don't think it was doing it before v4, or if it was, not as efficiently
• zelphirkalt 1y ago
  Tree shaking is actually a sign of bloat. It is a tool on top of a bloated mess, to fix that mess. It would be better not to make a mess in the first place.