Nina Torgunakova argues utility-first styling scales only on top of a design system and component architecture. Cut class noise with shorthands like py-4, define semantic tokens once in @theme or tailwind.config.js, and automate ordering with the official Prettier plugin. Expose fixed component variants instead of arbitrary classes through props. Tailwind 4 minifies automatically, 3 needs --minify.
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