agree. i'm a cynic turned convert as well. even told a friend it caused ugly unreadable classname soup and that zero-runtime CSS-in-JS solutions (like linaria, but even css modules) could do more with a lower learning curve (because you Actually Write CSS instead of tailwind shortcuts).

then i tried learning it and it turns out that Tailwind's constraints both help my design and help with the learning curve

wrote up full thoughts in an old post https://www.swyx.io/why-tailwind