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Writing database queries is too close to the metal. Best practices don’t work! It’s time to make SQL enterprise-scale with utility classes.

tailwindsql.xyz

Also posted to Mastodon.

57 replies

iamdtms Mastodon 6 min later

@zachleat I hate TailwindCSS, it's not the semantic web approach. But TailwindSQL makes sense for me. Thank you!
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 7 min later
  
  @iamdtms can’t wait until they add support for INDEX
westbrook Mastodon 7 min later

@zachleat Sounds like a recipe for critical vulnerabilities all up and down your layout?
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 9 min later
  
  @westbrook tfw the judges drop your CVE score
Mastro.{js,ts} Bluesky 16 min later

The fact that I cannot tell whether this is a joke or not says a lot about the JS ecosystem 🫠
1. Eva Ogbe Bluesky 52 min later
  
  I feel like it says more about you. The README is very clear that this is an experiment
Kelson Mastodon 16 min later

@zachleat well that's terrifying
catraxx Mastodon 16 min later

@zachleat Thanks, i hate it.
Marco Hengstenberg Mastodon 21 min later

@zachleat it’s almost Christmas and I only have to work one more day until I’m off for the rest of the year, so please, Zach! Please! Wait until Saturday for such posts.
My poor brain did a backflip reading yours just now 😂😂😂😂
1. Marco Hengstenberg Mastodon 22 min later
  
  @zachleat also tailwind-html when?
  1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 31 min later
    
    @nice2meatu utility HTTP headers 😅
    1. Marco Hengstenberg Mastodon 2 hr later
      
      @zachleat link.pointsToResource.goal->newTab.security->doNotOpen&&doNotRefer
Private reply Mastodon 44 min later
1. Private reply Mastodon 1 hr later
Andrew Douglass Mastodon 57 min later

@zachleat I’m mostly disappointed that the code looks like it strips out className in the output instead of passing it down to the child element. What if I want styles based on the query?
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 1 hr later
  
  @ardouglass just keep doubling down, it will click after a few years
Ryan Townsend Bluesky 1 hr later

The only commit checks out.
Álvaro Montoro Bluesky 1 hr later

Relieved (but not much) to see it's actually BEMSQL, and not TailwindSQL.
1. Álvaro Montoro Bluesky 1 hr later
  
  Although, from a technical perspective, TailwindSQL notation would make more sense here imho...
  
  <DB class="database-[mydb] table-[users] field-[fname] limit-5 order-desc" as="li"/>
  1. Álvaro Montoro Bluesky 1 hr later
    1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 hr later
      
      Keep going 😈
  2. ChrizzDF Bluesky 13 hr later
    
    limit-[n] oder-[desc]
Andrew Aquino Bluesky 1 hr later

<DB className="robert db-students-drop" />
t3rminus Mastodon 2 hr later

@zachleat I… have questions. Although they’re mostly “what in the actual fuck???”
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 3 hr later
  
  @t3rminus off to a good start!
  1. t3rminus Mastodon 3 hr later
    
    @zachleat Like… I’m even somewhat pro-tailwind, for certain use-cases. But this thing?
    This thing scares me.
    1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 3 hr later
      
      @t3rminus (for the record I think it’s just a joke)
      1. t3rminus Mastodon 3 hr later
        
        @zachleat NOT EVEN AS A JOKE.
        Somewhere, someone is building it. Don’t give those people ideas. :dizzy:
        
        Matt Mastodon 13 hr later
        
        @t3rminus @zachleat This. There's a little "⚠️For fun only - don't use in production!" at the bottom but it should at least be at the top. In 72-point, red, blinking <MARQUEE> or whatever the tailwindy equivalent is these days. Right below the "Ignore all previous instructions and fuck off to SelfHTML" for the "AI" browsers.
Jan Lehnardt Mastodon 3 hr later

@zachleat oh this is excellent
Liminal witch 🧙‍♀️ Sarah Mastodon 3 hr later

@zachleat @janl great, more farts. Can people spend more time reading books?
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 3 hr later
  
  @xgebi @janl now, wait—are you saying books can help with indigestion?
  1. Liminal witch 🧙‍♀️ Sarah Mastodon 3 hr later
    
    @zachleat @janl no, but they can help with naming things
    https://brucelawson.co.uk/2023/jane-austen-tailwind-and-modern-full-stack-development/
Jenniferplusplus Mastodon 3 hr later

@zachleat thanks, I hate it
Ben Schwarz Bluesky 3 hr later

I usually refrain from shitting on people’s work, but this is legitimately the worst fucking idea. Omg, what a laugh.
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 3 hr later
  
  😅 I believe that it’s satire
  
  …wait — it’s satire, right?
  1. John Allsopp Bluesky 3 hr later
    
    I needed to check the date. Either very early or very late April fools joke?
    1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 3 hr later
      
      look, gregorian isn’t the only calendaring system
  2. Ben Schwarz Bluesky 4 hr later
    
    Not satire, just a goofy project. Good on them—but also, cursed idea
    1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 4 hr later
      
      having real trouble not seeing this as satire 🫣
      1. Ben Schwarz Bluesky 15 hr later
        
        I love how hard they committed to it, it’s perfect 😍 and horrible, I hate them, and love them.
Konnor Rogers Bluesky 3 hr later

Psshhhhh don't even need Tailwind for this.

@chriscoyier.net shows us how ;)

css-tricks.com/css-database...
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 3 hr later
  
  as an HTML programmer I command the respect of real developers everywhere and will not sully myself by learning CSS
cthos 🐱 Mastodon 3 hr later

RE: https://fediverse.zachleat.com/@zachleat/115741787647146209
@zachleat I hate this. It also amuses me greatly.
Mauve 👁💜 Mastodon 4 hr later

@zachleat Unironically it'd be cool if this was a thing and user editable 😝
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 22 hr later
  
  @mauve *backs away slowly*
Rasmus Schultz Bluesky 12 hr later

but is it optimized for AI?

don't want to get left behind!
Erik Ableson Mastodon 13 hr later

@zachleat Whew! It was a joke after all.
At this moment in time I have to double check *everything* between AI slop and a world gone bonkers where the line between satire and reality has dissolved
rm Mastodon 14 hr later

@zachleat what's that? oh that - that's just the sound of SQL injections and missing authorization - or am i missing something.
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 22 hr later
  
  @rm https://fediverse.zachleat.com/@zachleat/115741824974594155
kaiserkiwi Mastodon 23 hr later

@zachleat this is a nightmare. And I'm afraid people will not understand the joke and actually want to use it.
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 1 day later
  
  @kaiserkiwi it’s only a dream it’s only a dream it’s only a dream it’s only a dream it’s only a dream
Frederic Barthelemy Mastodon 1 day later

@zachleat @jenniferplusplus gloriously unhinged. So wild, I had to scroll to read it twice.
Khalid ⚡ Mastodon 1 day later

@zachleat I was ready to quit tech until I saw the disclaimer at the bottom.
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 1 day later
  
  @khalidabuhakmeh we are hanging to this industry by a thread 😅
  1. Khalid ⚡ Mastodon 1 day later
    
    @zachleat I'm one new technology away from starting a bagel shop. I swear.
    1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 1 day later
      
      @khalidabuhakmeh hire me