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Re:Signals for Tailwind CSS (styling based on ancestor state... by gedy on Saturday August 31, 2024 @06:23PM (#41412486)
> These two usecases is what makes Tailwind so useful and accessible for drafting stuff up, but also bear the pitfalls of tech debt to actually maintain and iterate the design system of complex ui systems

Tailwind is really rotten for complete design systems, (I'm not just talking about an app's theme like colors and fonts)

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Re:Signals for Tailwind CSS (styling based on ancestor state... by krsdcbl on Saturday August 31, 2024 @07:52PM (#41412950)
this is exactly the point, using it for ALL the styles was always a horrible idea -- and never it's intention (i think)
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