[hakunin]

I agree that this article is just a naive conversation trigger, and that complex front-ends will lead you down this path.

However, there's another path, which is where you keep things on the backend. Unless you're talking about very complex interactive experiences, the amount of front-end code can go from >100% of the backend code, to <5-10%. Backend always implements almost everything anyway, and the question is how much should front-end reimplement on their side too.

Every time I push for smaller front-end, I'm faced with how the team might get bored or not have enough to show on the resume.