Full Stack: The Myth & the Bullshit

Written by Chris Gibbons

My plan is to write this post in the open, in the meantime these are my current thoughts on the subject.

Current thoughts

  • FE is a spectrum UX <----> HTML/CSS <----> JS/Engineering
  • Everyone has forgotten about standards
  • More than just HTML
    • What about accessibility? _ Performance anyone? _ Cross browser testing… _ Devices! Devices! Devices! _ Sass, CSS & pattern libraries _ Build tools _ Linting
  • It’s no longer about converting a design to a template, we’ve got more intelligent in our approach, the bredth of FE has grown massively and as such…
  • So, let me ask you, are you really fullstack?