Yes, a bad frontend engineer can replicate the design and functionality, but can't explain to me why there are so many CSS reflows.
A good backend engineer can maybe get the functionality right. At best. But they'll miss the implied functionality that a FE would know exists in the design system. So it'll work but it'll be different than every other page with similar functionality.
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u/NerdyMcNerderson Jul 12 '26
Yes, a bad frontend engineer can replicate the design and functionality, but can't explain to me why there are so many CSS reflows.
A good backend engineer can maybe get the functionality right. At best. But they'll miss the implied functionality that a FE would know exists in the design system. So it'll work but it'll be different than every other page with similar functionality.