Spoilers! Like with so many things, the answer is “it depends.” How come? Read on. Tailwind and BEM are two approaches to writing and maintaining CSS. Comparing them is a bit like comparing apples and oranges, in that while they’re separate, they’re still fruit. This is to say that having an approach to manage your CSS—like any other code—is a good thing. Tailwind is the newer of the two, with the
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