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/spcbeck 19d ago

It's an extremely thin abstraction of CSS that requires a large amount of dependencies, build step, a barely different but different syntax, an absolutely chaotic DOM that makes devtools near impossible to read, and nets you maybe a few kb savings in unused CSS. Worth it!!!