3 ms·

Disagree. I expect full-stack developers to be _great_ at frontend, and _capable enough_ to build the backend. When resources are constrained you want the custo

• Terr_ 8y ago
  > _great_ at frontend, and _capable enough_ to build the backend I think that bias says more about the particular kind of company you're in than the general label of "full-stack".
• gridspy 8y ago
  That's a dangerous attitude. Both are important. Back-end is where the state of the application is. Where all the users are served, not just a single user. The back-end is where things are going to melt down with scale. If you make bad decisions in your backend you might find it hard not to lose customer data. They might also create user-visible latency or reliability issues. Front-end by contrast tends to keep working as well on day 100 as it did on day 1. If your point is that stable and boring back-end with shiny front-end is good, then yes, I agree with you.
• Glyptodon 8y ago
  So you like putting lipstick on a pig.