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Your dynamic class names aren't working. The CSS exists in your code but not in your output. Here's why Tailwind's JIT compiler is ignoring you and how to fix it.
Someone dropped the classic comment under my Tailwind post. It's the same false choice that shows up with every new tool: ORMs vs SQL, TypeScript vs JavaScript, AI vs coding. The premise — that using modern tools means you skipped the fundamentals — is almost always backwards.
You've been using Bootstrap for years. Then someone mentions Tailwind and suddenly you're supposed to write class names that look like inline styles from 2003. Here's why it's actually better.
Good dark mode should be instant, persistent, and user-controlled. Here's how to build it in about 20 lines of code — no library, no framework, no flash of wrong theme.
A reusable task configuration for building, running, testing, and deploying multi-project ASP.NET solutions with Tailwind CSS, compound tasks, and environment-specific deployments.