Switch from Tailwind to pure CSS + Vue components

[queengooborg]

Describe the feature

I'm opening this issue primarily to start a discussion to see if this is something that's of interest to folks here. I am thinking that we should switch off of Tailwind and use pure CSS instead, for many reasons:

• Better control of colors and styling
• One less dependency to use
• Cleaner DOM
• Easier for contributions (no need to learn Tailwind or constantly refer to its documentation)

Additional information

• Would you be willing to help implement this feature?

[ascorbic]

I don't think there's enough value in this. Tailwind vs vanilla CSS is a mostly a preference, and the reasons you give aren't enough to justify a rewrite imo.

[queengooborg]

The final point about contributions is more of a user story than it is just a bullet point I thought of -- when I was working on implementing the dark theme, I had to constantly refer to the Tailwind documentation to figure out how to do something as basic as a gradient. I was not a fan of Tailwind; it felt far more like a barrier than it did a benefit. 😔