A developer's journey from Tailwind CSS back to vanilla CSS and semantic HTML
By
mpweiher
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Summary
A developer reflects on their 8-year journey with Tailwind CSS, from initially embracing it as a solution to chaotic CSS to recently migrating sites back to semantic HTML and vanilla CSS. They share lessons learned about structuring CSS, finding the process fun and insightful, while acknowledging they are not a full-time frontend developer.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledAt that time I really had no idea how to structure my CSS code and given the choice between a pile of complete chaos and Tailwind, I was really happy to choose Tailwind.
I spent the last week or so migrating a couple of sites away from Tailwind and towards more semantic HTML + vanilla CSS, and it was SO fun and SO interesting
As usual I'm not a full-time frontend developer and so all of my CSS learning has happened in fits and starts over many years
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