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Re:Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team by K0nserv on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @05:30PM (#46534074)
It's not really a refutation of my point about how building a good component library is hard, to suggest using another component library. Of course, if you use one it's easier, that was my entire point.
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Re:Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team by lone-cloud on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @06:54PM (#46535044)
shadcn ui is not a component library but the basis for a component library that has great accessibility built-in from the start, so yes, it is a refutation.
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Re:Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team by rhymnz on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @08:19PM (#46535795)
You're thinking of Radix primitives which Shadcn is built on, but both are component libraries.
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Re:Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team by lone-cloud on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @09:02PM (#46536193)
Maybe we're arguing semantics, but I think calling shadcn a "basis for a design system" is more accurate than a traditional component library. The difference to me is that shadcn lives inside your codebase and you can fully customize it as you please. You cannot customize a component library like MUI nearly to that extent.
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