https://www.tomhinsley.com/blog Notes, essays and dev logs. Mostly about whatever I’m currently chewing on, usually code, sometimes audio, occasionally a book. en-GB https://www.tomhinsley.com/blog/the-long-way-round https://www.tomhinsley.com/blog/the-long-way-round Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sound first, then film, then code. How I came to building for the web the long way round, and why all of it now lives in one place. https://www.tomhinsley.com/blog/scss-or-tailwind-with-ai https://www.tomhinsley.com/blog/scss-or-tailwind-with-ai Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An assistant types most of the class names now, so the cost that's left is reading them, the model included. I measured the same button styled four ways, Tailwind, CSS Modules, CSS-in-JS and shadcn, and laid out where each one fits. There's no single winner, but the numbers make the trade-offs concrete.