Tailwind CSS Debate

The cluster centers on debates about Tailwind CSS, including its benefits for accessibility and productivity versus criticisms of readability, performance overhead, and deviation from traditional CSS principles.

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jug Jul 22, 2025 View on HN

Doesn't this miss the point with Tailwind and why we have Tailwind in the first place?

elforce002 Sep 29, 2022 View on HN

What's wrong with tailwind? It made css styling accesible and easy at least for me.

manojlds Sep 17, 2024 View on HN

With tailwind people aren't writing CSS anyway (technically)

meiraleal Aug 27, 2024 View on HN

CSS is great now, tailwind is an unnecessary overhead.

darepublic Apr 25, 2024 View on HN

AI for CSS sure, but why tailwind? Why limit yourself like this

oorza Jan 24, 2025 View on HN

Tailwind might not be the most perfect fit, but it's "just" CSS.

Can you elaborate on what problem tailwind is solving? My first impression is that it looks like a set of custom built css classes.

strogonoff Jan 11, 2023 View on HN

I had the chance to use Tailwind recently. I don’t think it’s disputable that in a sense it mocks the “cascading” part of CSS, though I’m not sure I’d hold that against Tailwind. It often felt as taking a shortcut to me, but it could be a worthy tradeoff and so far I have not noticed Tailwind overly complicating maintenance and development of an average project. That said, I don’t think I would choose Tailwind if I could use, e.g., web components with scoped styles or something similarly more i

pier25 Dec 10, 2021 View on HN

Doesn't that negate most of the benefits of using Tailwind in the first place?

lawtalkinghuman Aug 30, 2022 View on HN

Solution: don't use Tailwind.