Adam Wathan, founder of Tailwind, joins Ian & Aaron to discuss upcoming Tailwind Catalyst UI kit, hiring challenges, rewriting Tailwind in Rust for speed optimization, and the importance of work and having dedicated time for exploring new ideas. They also discuss balancing work and family life in the programming field.

Adam Wathan from Tailwind CSS and Lee Robinson from Vercel discuss the importance of developer experience, how it impacts productivity and job satisfaction, and strategies for empowering developers. They explore the role of design in creating a great developer experience, showcase examples like Tailwind IntelliSense, and emphasize user-centric design for exceptional DX.

Adam Wathan discusses hiring practices at Tailwind, the value of extra effort in job applications, and the challenges of balancing teaching evergreen content versus rapidly changing technologies. The conversation touches on optimizing database interactions, creating impactful content, marketing Laravel courses, and navigating work-life balance with kids.

Adam Wathan, the creator of Tailwind CSS, talks about coupling in HTML and CSS, different styling approaches, messy templates, component classes in Tailwind, CSS patterns in SPA, experimental design tools, and the future of Tailwind.

Adam Wathan and Ben discuss recent events at Tailwind Labs and Tuple, including Adam's speaking engagements and Ben's learnings from feature launches. They also talk about the challenges and rewards of speaking at conferences, the development and launch process of a feature, and the introduction of a new screen sharing feature called 'app fail'. Additionally, they discuss marketing plans for a new app and advertising strategies for well-established brands in the technology industry.

Adam Wathan, creator of Tailwind CSS, discusses the challenges of CSS, the origin and popularity of Tailwind, and its integration into developers' workflows. He also explains how he built a business around Tailwind and the enthusiasm for community usage. The chapter concludes with a discussion on the COC plugin for NioVim and the complexity of VIM configuration.

Adam Wathan, creator of Tailwind CSS, and Ben discuss the challenges and motivations behind the rewrite of Tailwind 4.0, emphasizing clean codebases, backward compatibility, the use of Rust, testing strategies, and the future of Tailwind as a business. They explore the importance of easy upgrades, API techniques, optimized development with Rust, testing processes, and balancing core product development with marketing efforts for business success.

Adam Wathan, creator of Tailwind CSS, discusses the evolution of Tailwind CSS v4, use of Rust and Lightning CSS, monetizing the tool, building Tailwind Labs, addressing Twitter feedback, and challenges in extensibility and distribution in Rust vs JavaScript.

Join Jack McDade, creator of Statamic, and panelists John O'Nolan, Caleb Porzio, and Adam Wathan for an engaging discussion on the future of this unique CMS. They tackle intriguing questions about pricing strategy and the pros and cons of open-source versus commercial models. The conversation also covers the importance of effective marketing, potential enterprise solutions, and the challenges of competing with giants like WordPress. Plus, insights on integrating AI tools and the evolution of developer-centric CMS marketing make for a lively exchange.