How AI Killed Tailwind's Business - And How To Avoid a Similar Fate

In this video we explore how AI ate Tailwind's business and how you can make your business more robust to AI competition.

Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-01_ai-destroys-tailwind-business

CTA: Consider donating to Tailwind CSS to keep the library alive!

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:45 - What is Tailwind?
02:05 - Tailwind's business is dying
02:40 - How did AI kill Tailwind's business?
04:20 - What does this mean for Tailwind?
05:20 - Businesses at risk and how to defend

Links:

- If AI can code, what will Software Engineers do? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0pxiC_WfT4
- How I Actually Code with AI as a Senior Software Engineer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe64DwfiRBY
- Open Source Software is Unsustainable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD0qmNXUn9M

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