The term "stack" has been used to indicate the server OS, database and programming language for a while (i.e. LAMP). With client side code having really explod

The term "stack" has been used to indicate the server OS, database and programming language for a while (i.e. LAMP). With client side code having really exploded from a few years ago I had just assumed, in the context of web development, "full stack" to mean somebody who can do both. It's probably only relevant recently when you could choose to be a "front end" developer that only does the browser code. A few years ago the browser code was just something we all did - which is why sites were often ugly! Obviously we're dealing with stacks upon stacks if you want consider all aspects of computing. I would not think it was very common to find anybody who is truly skilled all the way from chip design up to the graphic design of a web page. Well, at least, I would not expect somebody to be great at every layer. Some of these areas are a career's worth of dedication to master and then also keep up.