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# Why Tailwind is better

**[Towards Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/towardsdev)** · 2 min read · 173 upvotes · 39 comments

## Summary

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that offers flexibility and allows for easy customization. It reduces the need for naming classes and simplifies the implementation of page designs. It also offers the advantage of automatic purging of unused classes and supports reusability of styles.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@machy8** · 8 upvotes

> I think, these articles about Tailwind and utilities should be more wide and not only selectors focused.
>
> I had to write that myself for [Stylify CSS: Best Practices For Utility First CSS](https://stylifycss.com/blog/best-practices-for-utility-first-css).
>
> It's because otherwise haters just see "inline styles" and bloated templates. Tailwind, Stylify and other utilities are about reusability, maintainability and faster coding.
>
> Even though the templates seems "bloated" at first, it saves a lot of time on coding and removes a lot of pains of the traditional CSS.
>
> Writing pure CSS in...

**@arielff3** · 5 upvotes

> Tailwind is very good, its easer and beautiful

**@derhermann** · 4 upvotes

> Can we please stop already with the "build any design directly in your markup"?

**@stef** · 4 upvotes

> It is indeed a very powerful tool. However, the disadvantage is that when you first look over a component or some HTML code, maybe you want to see the tree structure first and understand the logic. If you have a fancy design all those Tailwind classes create some noise while reading the code.
>
> Also, the input type range customization is not fully supported: https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/discussions/8748

**@jonniedev** · 1 upvotes

> Tailwind >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bootstrap

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