I'd say to be good with Tailwindcss you actually need a pretty comprehensive understanding of CSS already! Originally I'd written it off as "CSS for backend developers who hate writing frontend code" and I was a diehard CSS purist, but actually using it, it definitely has a great DX for people who love writing component UI/styling.

I hate writing styling because I suck at design.

But Tailwind works for me because:

- it gives good defaults (from sizes and distances to color palettes)

- it's documentation is heavenly, and helps you find the precise thing you're looking for in seconds

I actually leveled up my understanding of CSS thanks to Tailwind :)

+1. Learnt CSS through tailwind much faster than I did when trying to learn raw CSS