I think so. IMHO the browser/html/JavaScript/frameworks ecosystem is the poster child of accidental complexity. That is just what tends to happen when systems e

I think so. IMHO the browser/html/JavaScript/frameworks ecosystem is the poster child of accidental complexity. That is just what tends to happen when systems evolve continuously from humble beginnings to eventually tackle huge problems. You usually can't avoid it. There is just so much to know. Backend is pretty much just the complexity of distributed state management, plus whatever complexity you bring to it. If you don't need horizontal scaling at all, a ton of complexity just sloughs off.