"And the same devs can also use the same skills to build a frontend". This is such an overstatement. Knowing the syntax is just 10% of the story. There is lit

"And the same devs can also use the same skills to build a frontend". This is such an overstatement. Knowing the syntax is just 10% of the story. There is literally 0 common things in for example React + Styling + SEO + browser + knowing good standards for the web vs. backend expressjs api talking to some DB and knowing good practices for having scalable backend based on for example 12 factor practices.