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0 pointsjames-mcelwain8y ago0 comments

I've been having this argument constantly at work. Everyone loves our SPA, but they still want to be able to hire really cheap front-end devs to do maintenance. Having back-end devs do MVC and designers doing CSS and light interactivity is a totally valid model, but doing SPA requires specialist knowledge.

I understand why business people are reluctant to view front-end as a real engineering discipline from a cost-perspective, but trying to get a SPA for a JSP prices is silly and unrealistic.

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BigJono8y ago

Yep, I've fought this fight multiple times. The latest iteration for me has been managers trying to repurpose React devs into React Native ones at a moment's notice. React Native isn't a replacement for years of familiarity with a platform and knowledge of it's quirks and complexities. If anything it's another level of abstraction and an extra layer of complexity to deal with. And I say this as a veteran React dev who is very much in love with it.

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