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March 10, 2024 Platform Engineering

Why We Switched to Tailwind CSS v4

The benefits of moving to a Vite-centric CSS pipeline for our marketing infrastructure.

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Frontlane Studio Team
Core Infrastructure Engineers

Tailwind CSS v4 introduces a more streamlined approach to styling. By moving to a Vite-first architecture, we have reduced build times significantly and simplified our global design tokens.

The Vite Advantage

Previous versions of Tailwind relied heavily on PostCSS and complex setup configurations within Astro integrations. With v4, the @tailwindcss/vite plugin handles the heavy lifting, allowing for native CSS imports and lightning-fast HMR (Hot Module Replacement).

Design Tokens at Scale

By moving our design system to a dedicated global.css file, we ensure that every service page—from SEO to CRM—shares a single source of truth for spacing, typography, and color variables.

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