the.com/tailwind
the universe's polite shove forward, until you turn around and it becomes your enemy
means A wind blowing in the same direction you're traveling, giving you a helpful boost; by extension, any favorable force that speeds your progress.
from A plain compound of "tail" and "wind" — the wind coming from behind, at your tail end. "Tail" traces back to Old English "tægl," the rear appendage of a beast, while "wind" comes from Old English "wind," cousin to Latin "ventus." The term took flight (literally) in the age of sailing and later aviation, where a wind at your back meant faster passage and saved fuel — its opposite, the dreaded "headwind," was named on the same logic.
- flight savings
- Jet streams can cut transatlantic flights by an hour
- record breaker
- A 2020 flight hit 825 mph ground speed
- running rules
- Track records ignore wind aid over 2 m/s
- cyclist's friend
- Free speed you never earned or noticed
- CSS namesake
- A wildly popular utility-first styling framework
tailwind css — utility-first css framework created by adam wathan in 2017, powers millions of websites
trade winds — predictable wind patterns that pushed sailboats across oceans from 15th-19th centuries, enabled global exploration