Critique of Tailwind in Web Development
By
coltonv
10mo ago· 15 min readenOpinion
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Baker's choice. Dense with flavour, light on filler.
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Summary
The article criticizes Tailwind as a step backwards in web development, combining the negative aspects of CSS and modern web development into one library. It highlights the lack of fundamental changes in CSS compared to other web technologies.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledTailwind is the worst of all worlds.
Of all the web technologies that underlie the modern web, the one that has received the fewest fundamental changes is CSS.
We've gotten amazing things like flexbox, grid, container queries, and more which have supercharged the ability to quickly build responsive styles.
Apparently this horse hasn't been beaten enough.
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