Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team

Post by mooreds » Wed, Jan 07, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC

freedomben wrote: post #6

Very sad to hear, I bought Tailwind UI years ago and although it was a lot more expensive than I wanted, I've appreciated the care and precision and highly recommend buying it (It's now called Tailwind Plus) even still (maybe even especially now). Mad props to Adam for his honesty and transparency. Adam if you're reading, just know that the voices criticizing you are not the only voices out there. Thanks for all you'…

Post by mmcnl » Wed, Jan 07, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC

agentifysh wrote: post #365

mmcnl wrote: post #348

Wow, this is a grim reality check: AI hyperscalers taking in billions of revenue, while at the same time putting honest business like Tailwind out of work, without any form of compensation. What happened to "you wouldn't steal a car" etc.? It's only illegal if you're not a trillion dollar company? I have trouble expressing how terrible unjust it feels that AI companies are stealing money from the common people. I hav…

this whole "ai is theft" argument is just pure cope. tailwind was always just a thin abstraction over css standards and they only became the industry standard by playing the seo game and dumping docs on the open web for everyone to see. you dont get to claim theft when a model actually learns the patterns you basically forced onto the world for free to build your brand. tailwinds business model was essentially rent s…

Post by SpicyLemonZest » Wed, Jan 07, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC

GuinansEyebrows wrote: post #349

tqi wrote: post #192

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When you talk in meaningless terms like "traditional workers" and "tech bros", all it tells me is that you have divided the world into people you like and people you dislike and mourn / celebrate accordingly.

would you prefer "labor" and "class traitors"?

Post by red-iron-pine » Wed, Jan 07, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC

blitzar wrote: post #106

random_duck wrote: post #80

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Agreed. Also I could not imagine being in his shoes, it must be heartbreaking seeing all his work burn like this.

It is "progress" when tech bros displace traditional workers, but it is "heartbreaking" when a tech bro gets displaced by other tech bros. Whats the 2026 version of "you should learn to code" ?

Post by joquarky » Wed, Jan 07, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC

throwway120385 wrote: post #301

elictronic wrote: post #139

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You should learn to vote for UBI?

The reality of UBI in the United States is that it's going to go from being something freely given to being something that is a full time job to maintain, and then it will be cut or replaced with services that are specifically designed to be as cheap as possible. Until we're all living in terrafoam, birth-controlled and warehoused until we die.