Tailwind.run
Dev tools
css playground
SHOW HN2019
181points
95comments
#224of 2,195 in 2019
Top 11%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
28 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 11 critical, out of 59 comments about the project. Thread score +0.27.
Design: 8 for, 6 againstIdea: 10 for, 4 againstPerformance: 5 for, 1 againstDocs: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for prototyping and quick design with Tailwind
From 4 comments
I'm absolutely loving using Tailwind for my new projects. It makes it so easy to prototype and build out nice designs. Honestly I have never felt so productive when it comes to…
dinkleberg on HNTailwind is quite nice for raw prototyping. I'm still not how it compares to basscss. I would love a pure scss version of tailwind.
foobar_ on HNLove it! I'm using Tailwindcss on a project now, and this tool will come in pretty handy!
tunedmystic on HNBeen really productive using Tailwind myself. Recently re-launched my SideProjectors site (https://www.sideprojectors.com) and was able to get my CSS developed very fast. I have…
sideproject on HN
Utility classes improve productivity and maintainability
From 3 comments
I've found that since using Tailwind I've got a deeper understanding of CSS, got a greater understanding of UI design (Adam Wathan's tutorials are great) and produce and…
antonkm on HNTailwind makes it very easy to change theme by changing just a single configuration file: https://tailwindcss.com/#designed-to-be-customized It is very liberating to use Tailwind…
jasim on HNAwesome, might just give Tailwind a shot finally. Thanks for the great work. I typically use https://basscss.com/, but been meaning to checkout larger Atomic CSS frameworks like…
keb_ on HN
Objections
Utility classes resemble inline styles and hurt maintainability
From 3 comments
While semantic styling has been around for quite a while in different shapes and forms, this is essentially the same as inlining all of your styles in a style attribute on every…
Etheryte on HNI don't understand frameworks like this. You are basically tying presentation with markup. God forbid you want to create more than one theme for the same HTML!
bbmario on HNThat are some bloated classes. it's no different in inline styling everything to me. I really don't see the benefit in doing it this way. Can you use tailwinds and scss to create…
thrownaway954 on HN
Exported CSS is very large unless purged
From 2 comments
It looks nice, but exported CSS is 880 kB unminified (670 kB minified). Yikes. Is there a way to strip out unused portions of it?
M4v3R on HNThis is awesome! I started using Tailwind for a project. I was a concern with the relatively big size of the framework on a landing page[1]. Then I used purgeCss to only leave…
adriansky on HN
Requests
Generate minimal CSS from selected color and component choices
From 1 comment
Even if compression is the solution for most users, I would love to have a generator on the web site where I can click on "blue" and "orange" (because that's my color scheme and…
Tomte on HN
Showcase Tailwind components in a catalog
From 1 comment
Very nice! I'm hoping that this can be a catalog and discovery tool in the future where we can showcase Tailwind components. Looking forward to it!
blorenz on HN
Questions
Is there a way to strip unused CSS from the export
From 1 comment
It looks nice, but exported CSS is 880 kB unminified (670 kB minified). Yikes. Is there a way to strip out unused portions of it?
M4v3R on HN
Does one need to be a CSS expert to use this
From 1 comment
Do i need to be an expert in CSS first to use this ?
smnplk on HN
Alternatives named
Atomic CSS
From 1 comment
Cool! I've been wanting to try a framework like Tailwind, but I get the feeling I'd like something like Atomic CSS [1] better. It generates classes based on what you use, as…
dlbucci on HN
Tachyons
From 2 comments
The major selling point from my point of view, and the reason why I switched from Tachyons, are components. With that, one can easily compose styles. ``` .btn { @apply…
cygned on HNAwesome, might just give Tailwind a shot finally. Thanks for the great work. I typically use https://basscss.com/, but been meaning to checkout larger Atomic CSS frameworks like…
keb_ on HN
Basscss
From 2 comments
Awesome, might just give Tailwind a shot finally. Thanks for the great work. I typically use https://basscss.com/, but been meaning to checkout larger Atomic CSS frameworks like…
keb_ on HNTailwind is quite nice for raw prototyping. I'm still not how it compares to basscss. I would love a pure scss version of tailwind.
foobar_ on HN
Bootstrap
From 2 comments
I've found that since using Tailwind I've got a deeper understanding of CSS, got a greater understanding of UI design (Adam Wathan's tutorials are great) and produce and…
antonkm on HNAwesome, might just give Tailwind a shot finally. Thanks for the great work. I typically use https://basscss.com/, but been meaning to checkout larger Atomic CSS frameworks like…
keb_ on HN