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by martyfmelb 1042 days ago
I think Tailwind could be made good for usage at enterprise scale, for example, as a customisable foundation for a branded design system.

If for example Figma offered first-class support for Tailwind-like utility classes in the form of a modernised "styles" or "composite tokens" feature, then mapping from a design system to Tailwind-based code could be pretty simple.

But right now, it's anything but. In my experience, designers simply aren't aware of the Tailwind structure, and it's hell trying to map their mental model onto Tailwind. Figma is built to design things that map easily to CSS at the attribute level, not the class level.

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How's any of that unique to Tailwind?