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Daniel Brady

I guess I wouldn't want to be a specialist to that extreme πŸ€” it would feel to restrictive to me.

The more I think about it, though, the more it feels similar to painting. Some painters mix their own paints and then simply take canvases other people have made and make their master marks; others focus on making really good canvases and spend very little time using them. Some focus solely on making marks with paints and canvases others have made, and others make their marks with paints they've mixed on canvases they've made.

Whatever floats your boat, I guess! πŸ˜„ I'm not sure why there's animosity between the different types of painters, though.

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Deepu K Sasidharan

Yes absolutely

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Deepu K Sasidharan

Also, I don't think there is any animosity. Atleast not that I know of

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Daniel Brady

Yeah, I don't think 'animosity' is the right word.

I was thinking about the attitude I've seen where "X developers" look down on "Y developers" because Y developers don't understand the problems that X developers have to deal with, etc. But I think that's probably just a simple case of superiority complex or elitism, and I know that's not widespread, thankfully πŸ˜„

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Deepu K Sasidharan

Well, my intention here was never to look down upon anyone. It was just to convey what full stack development means. I have been full stack developer. Backend dev, frontend dev, PM, sales and so on. So I know the challenges in those and there are challenges in every role for that matter.

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Daniel Brady

Oh, I didn't mean to give the impression that I felt that attitude from you! πŸ™ I quite liked the way you presented this. Your use of the term "full stack" just reminded me of so many times I've seen it spark off a tiny flamewar (sparkwar? πŸ€” ) and of how I've never seemed to be on the same page as the folks in those discussions.

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Deepu K Sasidharan

Oh cool, sorry for misunderstanding.