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To be fair, like with any other form form of knowledge, there's a "minimal viable" amount, and a "complete grasp" amount. TailwindCSS adding to the latter is not the library becoming more complex. In order to know 2020's tw's feature set, the amount of stuff to study remained the same.

Tailwind is a utility library. Utility libraries typically do not require reading their documentation from cover to cover before starting to use them. Instead, you just hit the docs when you need help solving a specific problem.

don't waste energy thinking for other people and invest it in whatever works best for you.