[chubot]

He was saying that the phrasing, from a back end guy, revealed exactly the lazy attitude that was described in the post.

When a back end guy says, "Hey front end guy, make it look pretty" -- that's not showing much appreciation for what they actually do. Front end guys: is what you do just making things look pretty? Or maybe it's closer to understanding how people actually use a product. And designing a UI that can cater to both novices and experts, etc.

[freditup]

Here's the reason I said that: "No matter what I try, I can't make it look pretty. I realize I'm such a horrible artist/designer that no matter how much effort I put in, it's always going to be an ugly mess if I do the front end. So what I appreciate most is them making it look pretty. Other aspects of the jobs I can do better, so it's not quite as important to me to have someone else doing it. Perhaps it is a "lazy" attitude, but it's not a condescending one. :)

[chubot]

But that's not what front end devs do. Maybe you could say that's what designers do. Front end dev != designer.

[Goronmon]

It all depends on whether you take "make it look pretty" as an insult or just a simplified statement of what a front-end person does.

I, for one, read "make it look pretty" as "make it look like something people would want to use".