Why “tailwind” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
But why? What’s the commercial argument for shopify buying a css library. What’s the synergy and business benefits. Is it just the hire of the tailwind devs with some fanfare?
by fsuts · Sep 10, 2026
Probably the most damaging idea ever exiated in frontend dev. I'm glad that AI now abstracts all that crappy tailwind code away so I can stop giving a shit.
by nsonha · Sep 10, 2026
Why wouldn't Tailwind work on older devices? It's just a bunch of classes. If you're using a feature the browser doesn't support it's not going to work whether it's vanilla css…
by lemonberry · Sep 10, 2026
Glad they have a patron now. I use it in my project (because scoped-css is not yet available in browsers and I do not want to deal much with CSS). LLMs write Tailwind easily, so…
by flossly · Sep 10, 2026
Never preferred tailwind. Much simpler to write plain css. It’s easier to create reusable components than what ppl think. CSS hardly has a steep learning curve. Problem with tai…
by potato-peeler · Sep 10, 2026
I don't agree with the other commenter. The point you make is a fair one. However , I think the real information in your comment is that there are people making websites and web…
by onion2k · Sep 10, 2026
Interest
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Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "tailwind" over time.
A headwind is a wind that blows against the direction of travel of an object, while a tailwind blows in the direction of travel. A headwind decreases the object's speed and increases the time required to reach its destination, while a tailwind has the opposite effect. Read more on Wikipedia