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by DimmieMan 321 days ago
The wordiness is a common complaint but TBH it's a minor issue, I do have a growing problem with using tailwind that's hidden just behind that superficial complaint though.

px-3, py-2, bg-red-400 etc. are everywhere in tailwind code and they become more or less undocumented conventions. Technically you can configure them, but practically without unintended side effects on an existing project? And if you make extensive config changes, have you just locked yourself out of the ecosystem?

I don't use bootstrap, but from a brief look at the documentation it seems much more reasonable to diverge from defaults. Looking at themes (https://themes.getbootstrap.com/) it seems more flexible than an average tailwind setup.

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I agree, take a look at Bootswatch: https://bootswatch.com

I find it very nice that you can re-theme or brand your app with virtually no code or class changes.