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The design kits that tailwind provides have been so useful compared to everything else. The difference in quality (that I've noticed) is significant when compared to free alternatives.

Tailwind full access is such an easy sell for me. Plus it's pay once, so I don't mind it at all.

There are better open source libraries available, such as Shadcn, which offers real components and Figma design, among many others.

https://ui.shadcn.com/

> Why would you ever pay for a UI kit on the web.

Once you've tried to implement one yourself, and looked at how much time and effort it is, you will understand

I paid for it because I love what Adam and team are doing with Tailwind. It's been incredibly beneficial to use as a backend engineer, and the amount of money paid is trivial to the benefits it provides.

The time I would spend just thinking about how to structure things is more expensive than paying the one time fee for tailwind ui.

I think it’s great value amd have already gotten a multiple out of it.