I had a different experience – Tailwind made CSS a lot more approachable for me.
A big part of Tailwind's value is that it provides a curated, well-documented subset of the most important CSS attributes. The utility classes are consistently and concisely named (unlike many native CSS properties, which grew organically).
You're totally right that it is yet another abstraction, and that can be tiring. Personally I found it to be well-designed and transparent enough to make it worthwhile.
A big part of Tailwind's value is that it provides a curated, well-documented subset of the most important CSS attributes. The utility classes are consistently and concisely named (unlike many native CSS properties, which grew organically).
You're totally right that it is yet another abstraction, and that can be tiring. Personally I found it to be well-designed and transparent enough to make it worthwhile.