[9dev]

But p-4 is a variable: you can set the actual padding applied in the configuration file! It doesn’t have to mean 8px, but rather „standard amount of padding“. If you want to use „small amount of padding later on, you’ll use p-2 - whatever that means in your app.

That solves the exact problem you and OP complain about, in a neat, configurable, safely replaceable way. Tailwind allows you to separate design intent from implementation values.

[waboremo]

Vanilla CSS also allows this, without any real effort either. Tailwind's power is in its defaults, as soon as you want to start tinkering, you were much better suited sticking to vanilla CSS.

[9dev]

I didn’t dispute that. I just refuted parents point here.