# Just-In-Time: The Next Generation of Tailwind CSS

DevFeed: [Just-In-Time: The Next Generation of Tailwind CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/just-in-time-the-next-generation-of-tailwind-css-3475.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tailwindcss.com/blog/just-in-time-the-next-generation-of-tailwind-css>)

Published: 2021-03-15T16:30:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Tailwind CSS Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tailwind-css-blog.md>)

Topics: [build times](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/build-times.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [modern web development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/modern-web-development.md>)

Tags: [build-times](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build-times.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [jit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jit.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [tailwind](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tailwind.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces Tailwind CSS's just-in-time compiler, which generates CSS on demand while template files are authored. It emphasizes faster builds, enabled variants, arbitrary utility styles, and consistent development and production CSS.

## Source excerpt

One of the hardest constraints we've had to deal with as we've improved Tailwind CSS over the years is the generated file size in development. Today I'm super excited to share a new project that makes this constraint a thing of the past: a just-in-time compiler for Tailwind CSS.