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Discussion on: I’m sorry, but this “Full Stack” meme makes me really mad/sad

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Adam Smith

I've yet to see the company that can make a swap from full stack to front and back end teams successfully, through choice or necessity. I've seen it as a paradigm shift based on a companies perception that you can create a better production line for software, although changed no processes to support it creating a chicken or egg scenario. I've also seen it pushed by developers that did only want to work on a part of a system after being hired as full stack. In all instances I've seen either a lack of communication or communications breakdown.

For me the frustration is that a single full stack developer can create a fully functioning feature with very little to no assistance. Splitting the teams implies you need a minimum of 2 people to deliver a feature and you gain all the complexity of the communication and the shared understanding that is required.