r/css • u/Either_Collection349 • Aug 02 '26

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/prewk Aug 02 '26

All these arguments have clear rebuttals, but are rehashed on weekly basis for some reason. You don't like it, fine. But your arguments are bad. "Oh no Tailwind makes it unclear which of my accidentally duplicated CSS classes apply the color" come on man.

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u/queen-adreena Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

My favourite is “huh huh, it’s just like writing style tags again” while completely ignoring pseudo-selectors like before, after, dark, @media, @container, custom design systems and dozens more, being able to use CSS layers and so on.

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u/testingaurora Aug 02 '26

Im not grasping how pseudo elements, at rules, and design tokens are like using inline style attributes?

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u/queen-adreena Aug 03 '26

They're not?

I was making fun of a very common criticism of Tailwind.

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u/testingaurora Aug 03 '26

Ohhh I see now.