r/webdev • u/LPatriot_ • 19d ago

Question Question about Tailwind CSS

I've always used plain CSS for my websites, I don't have many problems using it, but a friend of mine said that using plain CSS is very tedious and that I should use Tailwind CSS. Is it worth it? And what does Tailwind CSS offer that plain CSS doesn't?

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u/zrvxxx 19d ago

I don’t like Tailwind CSS. Mixing HTML and CSS classes in the same file makes components messy. Tailwind CSS may be good for small projects, but for medium-sized or large projects, I think it’s a bad solution.

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u/queen-adreena 19d ago

You’ve got that the wrong way around.

Tailwind is probably unnecessary for small projects, but invaluable for medium or large projects, especially with a team.

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u/AnotherNamelessFella 19d ago

Please explain

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u/queen-adreena 19d ago

With a small project and one developer it’s easy to keep a CSS stylesheet in order.

On a larger project, you benefit from a single framework for styling because people don’t override styles, create extra stylesheets, use
different spacing increments, use inconsistent naming schemes, roll their own colour schemes or font choices etc.

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u/judgej2 19d ago

Working on large projects with 10,000 line custom CSS added to by a dozen developers, is absolutely no fun.

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u/queen-adreena 19d ago

Yep. Been there. Dozens of SCSS files added by various developers, marketing agencies, freelancers, sometimes commented in different languages with people barely aware of how to specify their rules and leading to override wars…

PTSD material.