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by ZeroConcerns 160 days ago
That's sad to hear, if true, and I'd have gladly paid for Tailwind if they'd had a "OK, so you use our CSS indirectly" program in place. I'm aware of "Tailwind Plus", but that seems to be React-only, and thus the opposite of where I want to be.
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freedomben 160 days ago
It's not React only. It has pure/regular HTML, React, and Vue. I have mainly only used the pure HTML personally as I use Phoenix/LiveView for most of my stuff, and it works phenomenally well and is very copy/paste friendly. The UI/console they provide is also top notch. For others who do use React, the React stuff also worked well too for one project I did that was a SPA.

It's well worth the money IMHO.

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ZeroConcerns 160 days ago
I just had a more-detailed look, and I'm not sure where I'd find the pure-HTML stuff? From https://tailwindcss.com/plus/templates/pocket#pricing:

"Our website templates are built using Next.js, so all of the markup is written using React"

And the individual components that make up these templates don't seem to have pricing attached, nor non-React usage examples?

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freedomben 160 days ago
Oh, yeah the templates are React/Next.js, but the components and things are not (they are what I described above). Templates are great but 95% of the value I get is the components and things
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ZeroConcerns 160 days ago
So, my initial reaction that "Tailwind Plus" only offers apparent value for React users is... entirely valid?
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freedomben 160 days ago
Only if you ignore this part of my comment:

> 95% of the value I get is the components and things

If you want (and only want) a pre-built site that just needs populated with content and maybe minor tweaks to things, then yeah it's React world. However I've rarely found that any template site (Tailwind or otherwise) is close enough to where it doesn't need medium to major surgery to meet my needs, at which point it's usually faster to just copy together components to what I actually want

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ZeroConcerns 160 days ago
> If you want (and only want) a pre-built site

No, I want to be able to @import "tailwindcss" without feeling guilty.

> I've rarely found that any template site

Well, meet https://basecoatui.com -- and there's more where that came from.

So, ehhm, no, I'm not ignoring the salient part of your comment: you are ignoring the entire point of my post, which is that if Tailwind had a non-React monetization strategy, things maybe, possibly, might have worked out better.

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james2doyle 160 days ago
You can actually use tailwind via the script tag in a plain HTML file. Not for production, but great for whipping up prototypes
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freedomben 160 days ago
Indeed, I've done this quite a few times myself. It's also a phenomenal way to be able to start poking at UI immediately without messing with build pipelines or anything besides just pointing your browser at `file:///...`. Then if the prototype is useful it's very easy to just delete the script tag and get it set up "properly" for a prod build and you know your prototype will pretty much "just work"
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