And purge css is not some "other thing" you have to go get to use tailwind effectively, it's built in! You don't need webpack in the mix or whatever, you just need a couple of lines in your tailwind config.

In real life, tailwind produces the smallest dist files of anything I've used just because the built in treeshaking thing is just effortless and works so well.

(Clearly this is my least favorite "I don't like tailwind" gripe lol)