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I don’t want to discourage you, but why do you want to learn these “large-scale” technologies? Tools are tools. They solve some problem. Many of the large-scal

I don’t want to discourage you, but why do you want to learn these “large-scale” technologies? Tools are tools. They solve some problem. Many of the large-scale companies have problems you as a single frontend developer might not. If we better understand what is your motivation maybe we can better advise you which techniques are worth your time. Are you interested because you would want to join a big company? Then it is a question of how to get a portfolio which you can use to get through the filters. Are you interested because you have trouble keeping up with some aspects of your solo developed projects? Are you perhaps feeling that your simple solutions are bad just because they are simple? In that case it is important to know that what is best practice for a team with 200 developers might be a terrible waste of time for an individual.

nowherebeen 5y ago
This. Websites are just marketing tools to sell your product. Unless your product is the actual web-app, I would steer away from learning complex technologies. They tend to come with their own operational overhead. When in doubt, follow the KISS principle.
siva7 5y ago
Sometimes discouraging people is the best way to encourage them finding a better path. Over my career the golden rule i’ve learned is: Learn the technology stack when you need it to solve a specific problem. Everything else is likely premature optimisation. If you want to grow as a developer you have to join a team. There is no shortcut to this.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  This is very good advice and applies to many more things than just technology.