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# [Your CEO doesn't care about your CSS strategy, as long as you use Tailwind](https://ideas.krishnan.ca/your-ceo-doesnt-care-about-your-css-strategy-as-long-as-you-use-tailwind?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Many developers ask the wrong questions when evaluating technology options

Oct 8, 2021 · 5 min read · ideas.krishnan.ca  
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## Written by

[Ajay Krishnan](https://hashnode.com/@ajaynomics)

@ajaynomics · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  
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Lawyer who codes

## Responses 4

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[Eleftheria Batsou](https://hashnode.com/@eleftheriabatsou)

[Oct 11, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-ceo-doesnt-care-about-your-css-strategy-as-long-as-you-use-tailwind/616050718e8734462af5e768/comment/616415af18374f25732744c4)

Great points [Ajay Krishnan](https://hashnode.com/@ajaynomics)!

And nice writing style :)

[Mike Kelly](https://hashnode.com/@GrumpyDeveloper)

[Oct 9, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-ceo-doesnt-care-about-your-css-strategy-as-long-as-you-use-tailwind/616050718e8734462af5e768/comment/6161ab1b18374f2573271a1e)

I've been using tailwind for over 2 years in my growing SaaS app. And I have to say it's paid off, big time.

I can just sit down, get right to work, "design" in the template view, and even though my app has doubled in size, the CSS has pretty much stayed the same size.

Yes, the HTML is "ugly" in places, but for all the benefits, i'd make that trade any day

[John Pangalos](https://hashnode.com/@pangalos)

[Oct 9, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-ceo-doesnt-care-about-your-css-strategy-as-long-as-you-use-tailwind/616050718e8734462af5e768/comment/61615b608e8734462af5f714)

Hey, great post! I was just wondering where the 200 kb of JavaScript comes from with tailwind. Shouldn’t the production builds be just css, and when purged be quite small?

[Ajay Krishnan](https://hashnode.com/@ajaynomics)

[Oct 9, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-ceo-doesnt-care-about-your-css-strategy-as-long-as-you-use-tailwind/616050718e8734462af5e768/comment/61615b608e8734462af5f714#reply-6161a8e98e8734462af5fd00)

Definitely. The 200kb number came from one of the Twitter critiques, I think the number is overstated and, especially with compression, you're actually looking at very small payloads in most cases.

[Sasidharan](https://hashnode.com/@sasicodes)

[Oct 9, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-ceo-doesnt-care-about-your-css-strategy-as-long-as-you-use-tailwind/616050718e8734462af5e768/comment/61612d9b18374f2573271052)

Insightful