You Have No Excuse for Tailwind ![rw-book-cover](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/4jfayhvz/production/f45e6d35a4de085994b367c88cdcc2fcd1cc4758-2400x1260.png) ![You Have No Excuse for Tailwind; AI is worsening the OSS crisis.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/4jfayhvz/production/f45e6d35a4de085994b367c88cdcc2fcd1cc4758-2400x1260.png)You Have No Excuse for Tailwind; AI is worsening the OSS crisis. Open Source economics are [broken](https://opensourcepledge.com/blog/the-open-source-sustainability-crisis/), and [AI is rapidly accelerating the crisis](https://vlad.website/llms-are-accelerating-the-open-source-sustainability-crisis/). Adam Wathan and his team built one of the most popular Open Source projects on the planet, [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/), and [their business model around it disappeared overnight](https://x.com/adamwathan/status/2008909129591443925) because of AI. > “[I feel] like a fucking idiot for somehow being able to build this CSS framework that’s taken over the world and is used by everything and is super popular but I can’t figure out how to have it make enough money [for a small team to work on it].” — Adam Wathan That ain’t right. ![Adam Wathan's tweet thanking Tailwind supporters, with Pledge companies highlighted](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/4jfayhvz/production/dd1d90c3a2e065e75876c9e0e688c77bc50a60c1-1196x1264.jpg)Adam Wathan's tweet thanking Tailwind supporters, with Pledge companies highlighted Current and former [member companies](https://opensourcepledge.com/members/) of the [Open Source Pledge](https://opensourcepledge.com/) have been systematically [doing our part](https://x.com/chadwhitacre/status/2009091539503603966) to pay for the value we receive from Open Source volunteers, including Adam and his team. It’s time for the rest of you to step up. [Join the Pledge](https://opensourcepledge.com/join/). Pay for the value you receive from Open Source maintainers like Adam. You have no excuse., You Have No Excuse for Tailwind, Open Source Pledge, 01kefgzzc8xe243n5t1283drhw.