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Rense Bakker

You admit you used a CSS library to replace a UI component library

I did no such thing, I end up in teams sometimes where a decision was already made on what tools they want to use, usually without good justification.

Also, you're making a false dichotomy

I'm not, the Tailwind people are. Everytime I come into a team working with Tailwind, this is the exact comparison they make: we either use ant design, material ui or tailwind and then they chose Tailwind and I have to fix all their accessibility issues and explain to management why we can't deliver because we have to build our own components first, instead of reusing what already exists in so many UI component libraries out there. Infact I've even been in a team where management quite literally said they wanted to use a component library, because speed was of the essense and the team before me STILL went with Tailwind and completely ignored accessibility and wishes from management so yes... I'd say that's pretty cocky.

And the other reason why I say Tailwind and the people behind it are cocky, is because when you go to them with legitimate concerns about accessibility and clean code conventions, they don't respond to you about the topic, they just call you a hater or flat out say that you're a bad developer and you don't understand how awesome and god-like they are.