The Problem With Full Stack

There has been a lot of talk about HTML & CSS recently. It's easy! Both languages aren't getting the full recognition they deserve. Many times they are belittled, yet so difficult to truly master. This article by Heydon Pickering is spot on and hits home so many times. Recommended reading.

This is all to say that, if you put someone in charge of all of these things, it’s highly likely they are going to be much weaker in some areas than others (I’m identifying a trend here; there’s no need to comment with “but I can do all the things”, thank you). Worse: they’ll tend to have little interest in improving in areas with which they don’t identify or for which they aren’t rewarded. In my experience, men especially earn kudos for their knowledge of JavaScript, but little from CSS skills. CSS, which makes things look ‘pretty’, is considered feminine (don’t tell that to a peacock).

You can read the full article here: Reluctant Gatekeeping: The Problem With Full Stack