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Full stack? I'm calling B.S.
Sure, “full stack” might’ve made sense 15 years ago. It was a way to hire someone who could do everything. But that’s the thing, trying to continue doing everything in the tech world might as well be trying to have a pulse on all matter in the big bang. It simply isn’t possible to expand in every direction.
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It’s like saying, “Oh shit, what if the server admin could also write software and also manage the databases?”
The problem is that now there are ~10 front end frameworks that are ridiculously specialized, about as many different database solutions, and more programming languages and pro/cons/isms and techniques to each that if you’re a full stack engineer and you don’t expand your skills every six months to a year, you will get left behind.
Full stack and trying to hang on to an old paradigm doesn’t work anymore. Everything is too specialized. It’s best to become a specialist along with it.
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َQuick Bites
- What’s your take on the PaaS vs. Internal Developer Platform (IDP) debate? IMO, it all depends on context. If you’re a large-scale enterprise with a brownfield setup, building an IDP is necessary to properly integrate legacy systems and maintain necessary flexibility. But if you’re a small startup, a PaaS is probably sufficient.
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- Should we be shifting left or shifting down? This article hits the nail on the head: “Optimization begins with reducing the cognitive load on developers, and removing unnecessary obligations that distract them from innovating.”
- For those of y’all in DevRel, this article by Daniel Bryant is a fantastic read.
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And that’s a wrap on this week! As always, this newsletter is a community project. So if you have anything awesome to share from the cloud-native world, send it our way.
Stay crunchy 🥐
Luca
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