Adam Wathan has innovatively utilized CSS Cascade Layers to enhance Tailwind's utility-first CSS framework. He compared two approaches to CSS layer management: the default choice, which adheres to recommended ordering, and the Unorthodox Choice, where styles are written in layers after the Tailwind utilities. He advocates for the unnamed layer approach to simplify overwriting utility styles, presenting a new methodology that combines the best of Tailwind and vanilla CSS. Wathan also mentions teaching this concept in his course, Unorthodox Tailwind, aiming to help developers optimize their workflow with Tailwind.
The core of Tailwind are its utilities, and you have two choices: the default choice to follow Tailwind’s layer order or the unorthodox choice to write styles after utilities.
The default approach is to place Tailwind utilities last so that they can overwrite any manually set component styles, favoring structured layering.
The Unorthodox Choice allows you to write styles in an unnamed layer or after utilities, making your CSS naturally overwrite Tailwind’s, leading to easier customizations.
My course, Unorthodox Tailwind, showcases a more synergistic approach to using Tailwind and vanilla CSS, leveraging their strengths creatively for better design solutions.
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