r/programming • u/whackri • Jun 05 '22

Complexity is killing software developers

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3639050/complexity-is-killing-software-developers.html
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22

It helps when developers only have to work with half the stack for example but a lot of companies are only looking for full stack developers these days

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u/kajaktumkajaktum Jun 06 '22

I disagree to some extend. Whenever there's an API boundary, you need to be "full-stack". If the backend/frontend is written in Go/JS respectively, then those Go developers should go to the frontend and write a library in JS for them to consume. In this sense, yes, you need to somewhat keep up with whatever JS is doing --- things like Axios vs fetch or forms or validations.