Why I Stopped Using Bootstrap and Moved to Tailwind CSS

When I first started building web applications, Bootstrap was the absolute standard. Every tutorial used it, and it was the fastest way to get a decent-looking navbar or a grid layout. But over time, I found myself getting very annoyed with it. Every site I built looked like a "Bootstrap site", and trying to customize it was a nightmare of overriding classes and using !important . Then I tried Tailwind CSS . At first, seeing 15 classes on a single HTML element looked terrible. But after giving it a real chance, it completely changed how I build user interfaces. I haven't written a custom .css file in months. Here is why I think Tailwind is the clear winner over Bootstrap for modern web development. The Bootstrap Problem: Fighting the Framework Bootstrap is a "Component-based" framework. It gives you pre-built things. If you want a button, you write this: <button class= "btn btn-primary" > Submit </button> This is great, but what if your designer wants the button to have slightly more r