Many teams encountering Tailwind for the first time perceive it merely as a "utility-class CSS framework". However, observing recent version updates reveals an obvious shift: Tailwind is gradually absorbing capabilities that originally belonged to build tools and design system layers.Version 4.2 introduces three updates—an official Webpack plugin, a new color palette, and logical property utilities. While seemingly scattered, these changes point in the same direction: reducing the infrastructure setup work required by development teams.Offic...