# Using @apply with Tailwind 2 + Sage 9 takes over 20s to compile scss file

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/using-apply-with-tailwind-2-sage-9-takes-over-20s-to-compile-scss-file/20849
**Category:** sage
**Tags:** webpack, sage9
**Created:** 2021-05-27T09:11:52Z
**Posts:** 2
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## Post 2 by @strarsis — 2021-05-27T12:45:29Z

Related / solution:

> [@Sage "9.1": Please test](https://discourse.roots.io/t/sage-9-1-please-test/20067/32):
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> For tailwind the devs apparently were able to solve the long build time by using a modified library ([https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tailwindcss/jit](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tailwindcss/jit)). Node-sass has been deprecated in favor of Dart sass, which is now the reference implementation. However, uncompiled, JavaScript Dart sass seems to be slower than a compiled binary (from what I read). So maybe this is the underlying reason?

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