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having to use Tailwind for a project, I'm reminded of the "using a hammer for a job that requires a scalpel" metaphor, except in this case, it's an inflatable hammer (presumably so no one accidentally gets hurt).
on the one hand, it was very nice of you to consider the safety of the hammer user, by replacing the hammer with its balloon equivalent, but you have failed to consider firstly that this renders the hammer virtually useless.
and — perhaps even more critically — you're solving for an imagined problem. "i don't know how to use a scalpel so I have invented the surgical hammer" is an excuse used by doctors that should not, by any means, be in the operating room.
if you're rolling down the hospital hallway pre-op with your doctor and his large inflatable hammer, and he's insisting that he's just gotta use the hammer, as "scalpels don't actually work", I imagine you might reconsider whether you want to go through with this op at all
"sir", you might say to the doctor, "surely the hammer is too large to perform critical work on my internal organs". when his jovial reply is "but if you completely remove the air, it's almost small enough to fit snugly!", you might be really starting to miss that scalpel
other doctors have noticed your wariness, as they know (as people who ~did~ learn to use a scalpel correctly) that an inflatable hammer is entirely the wrong tool for surgery! they've even published documents explaining why.
now things get contentious — a rift is loudly forming between the balloon hammer factionists and scalpel-using surgeons. "the balloon hammer is a better doctor experience!" "the balloon hammer does everything the scalpel does!" "why is this community so disheartening sometimes?"
i gotta hand it to the hammer boys — honestly and truly, if you try hard enough, on an infinite timeline, you can maybe probably use an inflatable hammer to some degree of success for surgery!
but for a fraction of the effort, and for just a touch more careful consideration, you could become extremely adept with the scalpel, and I am ~certain~ you will find it to be an infinitely better tool for the job.
I tried to work the hover/focus states thing into this metaphor but I think I've all but exhausted it. Literally learn CSS, it's good for the web, and I promise it beats the shit out of "tailwind" up and down the block
