A new blog article, purposely non-technical, so you could share it with your manager.

"Why frontends fail when you approach them like a backend."

https://marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/articles/2026/03/16/why-frontends-fail-when-you-approach-them-like-a-backend/

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Why frontends fail when you approach them like a backend / Marijke Luttekes

Frontend and backend development are not the same, but we keep conflating them. An explanation of what makes them different.

@mahryekuh this reminds me of a comment I saw once that compared back-end development as "easy mode" since you know your environment and its constraints are laid out for you ahead of time. Compared to the front-end where you are programing where everyone can see you fail in an unknown environment. You can decide which one is harder

@McNeely Sounds like a solid analysis to me.

Backend still isn’t easy, but it is simpler. (Only calculations scare me, and SOAP, and other people’s poorly-documented APIs.)