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Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team

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Re: Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team

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Post by ZeroConcerns »

freedomben wrote: post #11
ZeroConcerns wrote: post #4

That's sad to hear, if true, and I'd have gladly paid for Tailwind if they'd had a "OK, so you use our CSS indirectly" program in place. I'm aware of "Tailwind Plus", but that seems to be React-only, and thus the opposite of where I want to be.

It's not React only. It has pure/regular HTML, React, and Vue. I have mainly only used the pure HTML personally as I use Phoenix/LiveView for most of my stuff, and it works phenomenally well and is very copy/paste friendly. The UI/console they provide is also top notch. For others who do use React, the React stuff also worked well too for one project I did that was a SPA. It's well worth the money IMHO.

I just had a more-detailed look, and I'm not sure where I'd find the pure-HTML stuff? From https://tailwindcss.com/plus/templates/pocket#pricing:

"Our website templates are built using Next.js, so all of the markup is written using React"

And the individual components that make up these templates don't seem to have pricing attached, nor non-React usage examples?

Re: Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team

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Post by A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 »

sosodev wrote: post #26

The paid products Adam mentions are the pre-made components and templates, right? It seems like the bigger issue isn't reduced traffic but just that AI largely eliminates the need for such things. While I understand that this has been difficult for him and his company... hasn't it been obvious that this would be a major issue for years? I do worry about what this means for the future of open source software. We've lo…

Agreed. I don't know how realistic it is without a major need that would force major player to abide by it, but yea..

Re: Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team

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Post by farhanhubble »

I use Tailwind for connecting dev machines across two continents and as a free user I think it's an amazing product. It breaks my heart to see people losing their jobs because there isn't enough revenue.

I can empathize with the founder too because I was kind of in their shoes last year. Had been laid off and nearly exhausted my savings but I was more worried about having to let go of folks I employed.

Re: Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team

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Post by gf000 »

farhanhubble wrote: post #33

I use Tailwind for connecting dev machines across two continents and as a free user I think it's an amazing product. It breaks my heart to see people losing their jobs because there isn't enough revenue. I can empathize with the founder too because I was kind of in their shoes last year. Had been laid off and nearly exhausted my savings but I was more worried about having to let go of folks I employed.

You might have mistaken tailwind and tailscale.

I have done so on countless occasions, but this is about the css "framework".

Re: Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team

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Post by ramoz »

farhanhubble wrote: post #33

I use Tailwind for connecting dev machines across two continents and as a free user I think it's an amazing product. It breaks my heart to see people losing their jobs because there isn't enough revenue. I can empathize with the founder too because I was kind of in their shoes last year. Had been laid off and nearly exhausted my savings but I was more worried about having to let go of folks I employed.

I think you mean tailscale

Re: Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team

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Post by eatonphil »

fourside wrote: post #28

How does something like Tailwind lead to a company big enough that you can layoff 75% of the engineering team?

LinkedIn says the company was 2-10 employees. 75% laid off wouldn't have been a lot of people. Tough for them though.

Re: Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team

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Post by [deleted] »

farhanhubble wrote: post #33

I use Tailwind for connecting dev machines across two continents and as a free user I think it's an amazing product. It breaks my heart to see people losing their jobs because there isn't enough revenue. I can empathize with the founder too because I was kind of in their shoes last year. Had been laid off and nearly exhausted my savings but I was more worried about having to let go of folks I employed.

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Re: Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team

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Post by freedomben »

ZeroConcerns wrote: post #31
freedomben wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not React only. It has pure/regular HTML, React, and Vue. I have mainly only used the pure HTML personally as I use Phoenix/LiveView for most of my stuff, and it works phenomenally well and is very copy/paste friendly. The UI/console they provide is also top notch. For others who do use React, the React stuff also worked well too for one project I did that was a SPA. It's well worth the money IMHO.

I just had a more-detailed look, and I'm not sure where I'd find the pure-HTML stuff? From https://tailwindcss.com/plus/templates/pocket#pricing : "Our website templates are built using Next.js, so all of the markup is written using React" And the individual components that make up these templates don't seem to have pricing attached, nor non-React usage examples?

Oh, yeah the templates are React/Next.js, but the components and things are not (they are what I described above). Templates are great but 95% of the value I get is the components and things
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