Spotify extends lifeline to Tailwind as vibe coding erodes web dev platform's bottom line

Tailwind CSS may still be open source, but it’s not independent anymore: It’s now a Shopify product. Tailwind Labs CEO Aadam Wathan shared news of Shopify’s acquisition of his company in a blog post Thursday. Wathan said that he chose to sell to Shopify because the ecommerce platform was an early adopter of Tailwind CSS, and will serve as an ideal place for his open-source web development platform to “be developed in service of a real product.” “I believe deep