Comment by mattferderer

If this article didn't make it click for you, that's understandable. It took me a long time of hearing about this & thinking it was stupid before it made sense. When that happens to me, it's usually a sign of something good.

The author of Tailwind suggested I read his best effort at explaining why this makes sense.: https://adamwathan.me/css-utility-classes-and-separation-of-...

Towards the end of the article it started clicking for me.