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I'm building a web UI and need to choose one approach for styling. Which do you recommend? Give your ranked top 3.

Top pick by run

ModelJul 3, 2026
Claude Fable 5
Claude Opus 4.8
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.5

Each column is one run. Click a pick to see that model's full ranking and reasoning. Green marks a change from the previous run.

Claude Fable 5

Jul 3, 2026
  1. 1
    Tailwind CSS
    Utility-first classes let you style directly in markup with excellent DX, tiny production bundles via purging, and massive ecosystem support across every modern framework.
  2. 2
    CSS Modules
    Scoped, plain CSS with zero runtime cost and no new syntax to learn, ideal if you prefer writing standard stylesheets without global naming collisions.
  3. 3
    vanilla-extract
    Type-safe, zero-runtime CSS-in-TypeScript that gives you design tokens and theming with full compile-time checking, great for larger TypeScript codebases.