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>As I say probably too often, the modern usage of "full stack" basically equates to "iceberg tip". I'd never heard it prior to five or ten years ago. It's alw
by wyldfire 7y ago
>As I say probably too often, the modern usage of "full stack" basically equates to "iceberg tip".
I'd never heard it prior to five or ten years ago.
It's always been a pretty ambiguous term IMO. I think it may have been coined to make some genuine distinction but just how broad was it intended to mean? The question is moot because it was quickly spread to mean very different things. You need a lot of context to make a good guess what it refers to.
- nineteen999 7y agoI've only ever heard the term relating to web or mobile applications programming, and more often than not, where the application is cloud hosted. See the following for an example: https://hackernoon.com/6-essential-tips-on-how-to-become-a-full-stack-developer-1d10965aaead https://hackernoon.com/6-essential-tips-on-how-to-become-a-f... Important bits almost always left out: provisioning of hypervisors, network switching/trunking/routing, security, embedded on the backend, etc.