So if you're coming from the server and you've assembled a tool chain that makes you think "this isn't so bad", you missed something.
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...probably something fundamental. Client side work sucks because the space to work in is so cramped. Networks, CPUs, and disks all hate you
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Dependencies are "free" when doing backend/native development. On the front-end every dependency should be weighed carefully.
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Backend, native and frontend dev are all hard. All three have unique challenges and each of them requires a different mindset.
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Where by “hard,” we mean, “fraught with accidental complexity.”
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: much of it is intrinsic to front-end work, but yes, the web platform also hurts
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While I agree with the thread, let’s not pretend that backenders have it easy all the time (CiP: distributed consensus)
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: distributed consensus, caching, locking, and the rest are things you can *just learn*. Front-end is synthesis under pressure
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