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Discussion on: When can you declare yourself a Full-stack Dev?

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Thomas Bonnet

Oh! Pretty logic name middle-stack! Thanks!

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grant horwood

i've been saying 'middlestack' for a long time (as definite backend dev).

really, the full stack is huge. there's layout and design, ux, the huge realm of whatever js framework is the choice, then designing effective apis, being able to manage databases, and ops. it's not realistic to expect that one person can be sufficiently fluent in all those levels. designing an icon and configuring a reverse proxy are very different skillsets.

obviously, for smaller projects, a lot of that can be abstracted away with click-and-deliver solutions, but once you get above a certain scale, you really have to have people who focus on one end or the other.

of course, middlestack is still very valuable, even in larger operations. being able to have the flexibility to get things done in the api/ui range is important, even if you can't choose a colour palette or deal with the load balancer!