18 engineers on Hacker News describe using Tailwind CSS first-hand: 10 endorse it, 2 regret it, 0 are mixed.
“I made a huge solo project in tailwind. Never again.”
regret · personal · seanclayton · 2026-08-02 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we've all been doing it that way for years, and we switched to Tailwind.”
endorse · production · vehemenz · 2025-09-07 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we switched to Tailwind for a very specific reason: customisability.”
endorse · production · nelsonic · 2023-07-19 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we switched over from SCSS modules+global styles to Tailwind last year and it has been great so far”
endorse · production · 1 yr · idkwhoiam · 2023-02-24 · source ↗ · wrong label?“it works very well and feels much more maintainable for us now. I've certainly worked on enough projects”
endorse · production · iamben · 2022-11-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?“after working with tailwind for 7 months I really hate this piece of tech and really regret picking this company.”
regret · production · 0.6 yr · deliriumchn · 2022-11-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I see a <div>, and I see all the styles on it, right within the template. I don't need to follow class names”
endorse · production · hbn · 2021-12-10 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We've been using Tailwind for over a year now... I have nothing but love for Tailwind.”
endorse · production · 1 yr · Yabood · 2021-12-09 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I have used Tailwind on multiple large production sites over the years and seen pretty hard core CSS devs learn it.”
endorse · production · sepehr500 · 2021-03-12 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I really like Tailwind but has anyone figured out how to get it to run quickly in development with Webpack?”
endorse · production · nickjj · 2020-12-07 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I'd give tailwind a spin. My god does it make css fun again. I'm totally sold.”
endorse · personal · aidos · 2020-11-18 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We switched over from a Bourbon-based SASS framework at my work to Tailwind several months ago & it has been fantastic.”
endorse · production · flats · 2018-09-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?“built with Vite/TypeScript/Tailwind”
neutral · personal · vunderba · 2026-10-26 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I am on TailwindCSS right now and I am afraid to learn the drawbacks”
neutral · personal · BrandoElFollito · 2025-10-25 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Tailwind (which I have more direct experience with in professional settings)”
neutral · production · chaosharmonic · 2024-09-04 · source ↗ · wrong label?“And sometimes code site using Tailwind CSS.”
neutral · personal · johnrushx · 2023-12-18 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We love tremor as it perfectly fits into our React/Tailwind setup.”
neutral · production · mdeichmann · 2023-08-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?“My team is doing this very process. If we run into not knowing what class to use, we just look it up on the docs.”
neutral · production · JasonCannon · 2021-12-09 · source ↗ · wrong label?