Asim Delvi

Software Engineer | Active Learner.
Building, breaking, and learning by shipping

[Asim Delvi @AsimDelvi]

@Sakshi50038 TL will tweet it publically

[Asim Delvi @AsimDelvi]

@burkov Writing code is fun, reviewing others' code i.e., AI is boring.

[Wise @trikcode]

https://t.co/uDdg1HUkg7

[Harshil Tomar @Hartdrawss]

This might be the most ironic layoff story in tech right now.

Tailwind CSS just laid off 75% of their engineering team.

Not because the product failed.
But because it succeeded too well.

Here’s what actually happened:

Tailwind became the default CSS framework for AI coding agents.
Usage exploded to ~75 million downloads per month.

Sounds like a dream, right?

Except one thing broke.

People stopped visiting the docs.

And the docs were the only distribution channel for their paid offerings.

No eyeballs → no conversions.
Result: 40% drop in docs traffic and ~80% revenue loss, despite Tailwind being more popular than ever

This is a brutal lesson in business psychology.

Popularity ≠ sustainability.
Usage ≠ value capture.

AI changed how people consume software:

* Developers no longer “learn” tools the old way
* They don’t browse docs
* They prompt agents

So Tailwind won the mindshare war
—but lost the monetization battle.

The uncomfortable takeaways every founder should sit with:

→ Distribution channels can die overnight
→ If AI uses your product but never sees your funnel, you’re invisible
→ Open-source popularity without a revenue bridge is fragile
→ Value creation and value capture are two separate systems

The scariest part?

Nothing about Tailwind’s product got worse.
The market around it changed faster than the business model.

This won’t be the last company to learn this the hard way.

If AI is your biggest user…
who is actually paying you?

That’s the question every modern product needs to answer.

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

Join this protest tomorrow if you’re in Delhi

This needs to be the No.1 priority issue.

[Asim Delvi @AsimDelvi]

@SinghDevHub Yeah i understand, but this is one of the reason.

[Yusuf Delvi @yusuf_delvi]

🚀 Excited to share my latest weekend project! 🚀

[Asim Delvi @AsimDelvi]

@Sahil_Gulihar_

[Asim Delvi @AsimDelvi]

@piyushgarg_dev Drift Drift!!!!!

[Asim Delvi @AsimDelvi]

go mod init lets-learn-go

Started learning GoLang for a project requirement

It's always fun to learn new language.

#golang #code #programming #HappyDiwali

[Asim Delvi @AsimDelvi]

My path to learn a new technology

1. Watch some random tutorial in 1.5x (just watch, no code along), complete it ASAP
2. Read the docs, official getting started guide and code along.
3. Build random projects.

#golang #code #100xdev #programming

[Asim Delvi @AsimDelvi]

This intro is hitting me with nostalgia
@Hiteshdotcom

[Harkirat Singh @kirat_tw]

Spend more time focussing on the input than dreaming about the output.
In most cases, the output is just an outcome of the input.
Inserting random AI image for engagement

[Asim Delvi @AsimDelvi]

@florinpop17 Ok florian 😂

[Asim Delvi @AsimDelvi]

Great take by @piyushgarg_dev
Don't learn anything just to crack interviews.
Have curiousity to understand tech and build something out of it.

I want to add one more thing,
Share with others what you have built/learnt.

https://t.co/lz9FZrIXBv

[Asim Delvi @AsimDelvi]

Restarted learning from 100x again from guruji @kirat_tw.
Learning serverless
so far so good

[Asim Delvi @AsimDelvi]

@zumersultana Fiverr

[Asim Delvi @AsimDelvi]

@florinpop17 Yep, everyone is slowly switching from google to gpt, for all their queries. And it's very efficient.