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Tailwind is just a set of utility classes (that also tends to be compiled), while SCSS is a full-on CSS compiler that offers no utility classes by default.

A lot of the features that SCSS enabled are now natively part of CSS, so it has fallen somewhat out of favor (because: why compile when you can use the same features for free without compiling?). Nesting is in CSS now, which was the killer feature at the time. & scoping too. Variables especially are better in raw CSS because you can re-assign them and have them transition/animate, which is not possible in SCSS. SCSS helped to evolve CSS.

I initially thought Tailwind was very stupid, but after using it, it is somewhat freeing to write some "1-off inline CSS" (essentially) on the DOM node itself. Sometimes inline CSS is OK (and it's nicer to do so with an easy to remember and powerful utility class rather than via `style=`).

For some, it eliminates `MyComponent.css` that has literally 1 rule with 1 style inside it. Colocation with the DOM in some cases making it easier to modify + reason about, less context switching.