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Engineering, products, and what holds up in production.

Essays on full-stack craft, UX, AI as a tool, and founder reality — from a staff engineer who still ships.

  • Jan 8, 2026

    How AI Kills Tailwind and the Free Internet

    Tailwind CSS is laying off developers. Not because their framework failed. Not because developers stopped using it. Because AI is destroying their business model, and most people don't even realize it's happening.

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  • May 5, 2025

    Tailwind Is A Technical Debt: Why Component-Based CSS Leaves It Behind

    Tailwind was a clever hack in 2017 when web development meant bloated HTML, CSS and JS. Global stylesheet and no structure, just a mess…

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    Tailwind Is A Technical Debt: Why Component-Based CSS Leaves It Behind
  • May 16, 2023

    🌪️ Tailwind 3.3.3 Leaks Info About The Misterious Oxide Project

    Tailwind 3.3.3 (or 4.0.0) will come with some neat improvements. It also reveals an info about a secret Oxide project that may be…

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    🌪️ Tailwind 3.3.3 Leaks Info About The Misterious Oxide Project

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