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"Full stack" (except when referring to someone who can do everything from CPU design and assembly programming right up to UI work)

TT-392 4y ago
I am an EE, that works with microcontrollers on a daily basis. I know some html I play around with sdl and ncurses a bit, I can do some internet stuff. I am clearly a full stack dev right?
- TT-392 4y ago
  Oh, and I designed an UI for my smartwatch OS. For which I wrote everything from the ground up.
  - sfink 4y ago
    Still not quite there. You haven't mentioned whether you make pancakes or not.
    - TT-392 4y ago
      I do sometimes make pancakes.
- tenebrisalietum 4y ago
  Do you have a microservices-based REST API with graphical frontend (web and Electron based) deployed/available on redundant cloud providers enabling secured, direct interaction with high- and low-level operations of your microcontrollers, such as environmental data gathering, software/firmware deployment and updates? That's a fuller stack. I probably missed some things.
manuelabeledo 4y ago
"Full stack" usually means "I'm proficient with React, so why wouldn't I be on Node?".
yoz-y 4y ago
They need to be able to grind silicon and make wafers in a pressure pot too. Full stack means you can build a web based app alone, that involves databases, backend, server management (this one is arguable), frontend development and design. No need to go lower really.
- LAC-Tech 4y ago
  >Full stack means you can build a web based app alone, that involves databases, backend, server management (this one is arguable), frontend development and design. No need to go lower really. I mean I can do that but some parts of that stack will be more sophisticated than others.
Isinlor 4y ago
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe” - Carl Sagan
munch117 4y ago
I always thought "stack" referred to just the web development stack, meaning someone who can write both frontend and backend code. The impression I get from someone using this expression is that the speaker is oblivious to other kinds of software.
rytill 4y ago
Full-stack means you can contribute to code pretty much anywhere in the product’s stack. Why would you have to do CPU design and assembly programming to contribute to an average software product?

TT-392 4y ago

I am an EE, that works with microcontrollers on a daily basis. I know some html I play around with sdl and ncurses a bit, I can do some internet stuff. I am clearly a full stack dev right?

TT-392 4y ago
Oh, and I designed an UI for my smartwatch OS. For which I wrote everything from the ground up.
- sfink 4y ago
  Still not quite there. You haven't mentioned whether you make pancakes or not.
  - TT-392 4y ago
    I do sometimes make pancakes.
tenebrisalietum 4y ago
Do you have a microservices-based REST API with graphical frontend (web and Electron based) deployed/available on redundant cloud providers enabling secured, direct interaction with high- and low-level operations of your microcontrollers, such as environmental data gathering, software/firmware deployment and updates? That's a fuller stack. I probably missed some things.

manuelabeledo 4y ago

"Full stack" usually means "I'm proficient with React, so why wouldn't I be on Node?".

yoz-y 4y ago

They need to be able to grind silicon and make wafers in a pressure pot too. Full stack means you can build a web based app alone, that involves databases, backend, server management (this one is arguable), frontend development and design. No need to go lower really.

LAC-Tech 4y ago
>Full stack means you can build a web based app alone, that involves databases, backend, server management (this one is arguable), frontend development and design. No need to go lower really. I mean I can do that but some parts of that stack will be more sophisticated than others.

Isinlor 4y ago

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe” - Carl Sagan

munch117 4y ago

I always thought "stack" referred to just the web development stack, meaning someone who can write both frontend and backend code. The impression I get from someone using this expression is that the speaker is oblivious to other kinds of software.

rytill 4y ago

Full-stack means you can contribute to code pretty much anywhere in the product’s stack. Why would you have to do CPU design and assembly programming to contribute to an average software product?