For years, I wrote custom CSS for every project. It worked, but I spent more time naming classes and organizing stylesheets than actually building things. Tailwind changed that.
The utility-first approach felt strange at first — writing classes like mt-8 text-md font-extralight directly in HTML seemed messy. But once I got used to it, I realized I was shipping faster and my designs were more consistent.
The biggest win: no more context-switching between HTML and CSS files. Everything lives in one place, and the design system enforces consistency without me having to think about it.