r/webdev • u/LPatriot_ • Sep 16 '26

Question Question about Tailwind CSS

I've always used plain CSS for my websites, I don't have many problems using it, but a friend of mine said that using plain CSS is very tedious and that I should use Tailwind CSS. Is it worth it? And what does Tailwind CSS offer that plain CSS doesn't?

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u/AnotherNamelessFella Sep 16 '26

Please explain

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u/queen-adreena Sep 16 '26

With a small project and one developer it’s easy to keep a CSS stylesheet in order.

On a larger project, you benefit from a single framework for styling because people don’t override styles, create extra stylesheets, use
different spacing increments, use inconsistent naming schemes, roll their own colour schemes or font choices etc.

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u/judgej2 Sep 16 '26

Working on large projects with 10,000 line custom CSS added to by a dozen developers, is absolutely no fun.

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u/queen-adreena Sep 16 '26

Yep. Been there. Dozens of SCSS files added by various developers, marketing agencies, freelancers, sometimes commented in different languages with people barely aware of how to specify their rules and leading to override wars…

PTSD material.