The provided example under "The problem" shows the biggest footgun in using Tailwind. I think it's an extreme example, and is just as bad as needing classes like "header-lower__wrapper-inner" that just have "display: flex;" applied to it.

I've been using Tailwind in combination with "normal" CSS where it's warranted and there are plenty of sites out there practicing the same thing. Atomic utility classes just make sense for some things. It's a tool that you can use correctly or incorrectly.