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News
Shopify acquires Tailwind Labs
Some huge news here as the CSS framework maker Tailwind is getting acquired by Shopify. It seems like since everyone is now coding with AI, no-one is buying CSS kits any more. The company is keeping Tailwind CSS open-source but Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI) will no longer take signups.
