HackerNoon has shifted from Styled Components to Tailwind CSS after recognizing limitations in their tech stack. Initially, Styled Components provided benefits like scoped styles, dynamic theming, and a React-friendly architecture. However, as the codebase expanded, issues like larger bundle sizes, performance slowdowns, and complexity in managing styles began to outweigh the advantages. The article discusses the reasons for this transition, the approach taken, and aims to offer useful insights for others considering similar changes in their projects.
Every so often, a tech stack decision that once felt right starts to show its limits-like realizing just how inefficient a screwdriver is after using a power drill.
Styled Components gave us flexibility, but that came at a cost: larger bundle sizes, runtime performance hits, and a cluttered component structure filled with increasingly long styled blocks.
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