Donnie D'Amato

Defending Tailwind

https://blog.damato.design/posts/defending-tailwind/

The fact is folks who use Tailwind aren’t thinking about responsibility and scale in this way. They are thinking how can I push this out as fast as possible. And Tailwind is great for that. Educating on best practices is always hard. In the year 2025, I still see people struggling with responsive design techniques.

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