[lenkite]

Generally use the standalone tailwind CSS CLI tool for keeping things lean. Sadly the download link from the "Getting Started" page https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/tag/v4.... is broken.

Shows that the "bloated" way of doing things is now the norm.

[0x6c6f6c]

This is a feature for projects already using Node and Vite (which is quite popular these days).

It's also not a requirement. The binary still exists, you can run it standalone.