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Madi Ostoja • Edited

Hey guys, this has gotten a lot spicier than I anticipated, so I'm going to go ahead and lock comments on it.

A few things to reiterate before I do:

  • Tailwind is a solid library written by smart people, with great ideas behind it. I think the way these ideas are implemented introduces serious problems at scale, which often go unmentioned. If those problems aren't deal breakers for you, then by all means use Tailwind!

  • The other library I talked about, Pollen, is just a collection of CSS variables. It shows how Tailwind's key benefits can be accomplished using the tools we already have in the platform. I hoped that some people might find it useful, I know I have. But as I mentioned in the article, you absolutely don't need to use it, and I'm not trying to sell you on switching to it.

Apologies to anyone this article offended. That wasn't the intention

— madi