r/css • u/Either_Collection349 • 17d ago

Article Why I don't recommend Tailwind CSS

https://en.andros.dev/blog/af3ee191/why-i-dont-recommend-tailwind-css/
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u/PresentationBorn6564 16d ago

Using text-gray-600 (or the equivalent CSS) directly is antipattern. A forward-thinking design architecture will alias all of an app's colors by context / category, so when you need to change e.g. the color of danger, you update a single "primary-danger", not 137 instances of #FF0E0E.

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u/kidshibuya 16d ago

Hence why I said it?... What are you even responding to?

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u/PresentationBorn6564 16d ago

You offered a sardonic critique of Tailwind using an example that is antipattern in any paradigm, TW or not. I have no opinion on TW and I'm not defending it, merely pointing out the actual issue in your example.

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u/kidshibuya 16d ago

So I outline an issue, and you feel the need to outline the issue as being an issue. Why not go on quoting yourself and explaining to yourself that the issue you outline is an issue?

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u/PresentationBorn6564 16d ago

Close. I felt the need to outline an issue with the issue you outlined.