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Mike Holloway

I've recently used it in a project for the first time. I share some of your concerns.

I was also using tailwindui, which is a set of patterns built on top of tailwindcss, so things got extra blurry for me.

I felt like there was more html than required (tailwindui) and tailwindcss felt like "classitis" from back in the day. I also feel like I know CSS pretty well, but I was having to learn a new syntax for no real gain.

The maintenance side also looks like a headache as you end up with really long classnames that scroll off the screen for days.

I'm sure I've got plenty more to learn, but it's a rocky start.