In recent years, TailwindCSS has become pretty popular as an alternative approach to Vanilla CSS styling. Personally I’ve switched this project back and forth between tailwind and vanilla way too many times, so I’ve decided to write this article in order to iron out my reasoning for why I ended up using Tailwind.

I use a framework (SvelteKit)

Although SvelteKit is a bit overkill for a simple static website I still use it for a variety of reasons; I know that I can trust it to process my assets and bundle my files in an efficient way. Despite it requiring a hefty amount of configuration, file structure and setup compared to simpler static site generators, it’s also extremely versatile and flexible and you can build pretty much any type of web app with it.

Media and dark mode queries

This article is a work in progress! check back for more updates in the near future.