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kolanos on June 28, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fresh is a new full stack web framework for Deno

In practice, I've seen it used to describe someone who is fluent on the backend (DBs, APIs, DevOps, etc.) and competent on the frontend (React). But that could be more of a product of the talent pool, I think there are more backend engineers who dabble in the frontend (maybe because that's where the perceived party is?) than the other way around.

jokethrowaway on June 28, 2022 [–]

It used to be like this before react.

Today, I have the opposite impression. Nowadays everyone is a react tool who want to learn backend so they can call themselves full stack.

People see react, Facebook and their eyes turn into dollar signs.

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