[willdr]

This is not the best of both worlds. This is an antipattern and discouraged by the Tailwind core team and the Tailwind community at large.

[arzke]

Actually, the docs says it's perfectly fine to use @apply for highly reusable components like buttons and form controls: https://tailwindcss.com/docs/reusing-styles#avoiding-prematu...

[willdr]

Did you continue reading?

> even then only if you’re not using a framework like React where a component would be a better choice.

[arzke]

Yes I did. You seem to assume everyone is using a "framework like React". I am not.