The Evolution of Tailwind CSS

Tailwind CSS originally started as a set of styles created by the speaker. It was developed to replace Bootstrap and provide more flexibility and control over the CSS. The speaker wanted to keep using Less due to its features, such as being able to use classes as mixins. This approach eventually evolved into the concept of utility classes, which allowed for greater reusability and composition. The speaker also emphasized the importance of separating CSS and HTML concerns, and how this approach improves maintainability and efficiency.