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		ls15 on Jan 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why did Frontend development explode in co... Ok, but why aren't companies then firing all frontend developers and instead let backend developers build logic frontends with vanilla HTML/JS/CSS?

arbitrage on Jan 2, 2023 [–]

Because you can't do that with vanilla HTML/JS/CS.

Cupprum on Jan 2, 2023 | [–]

Of course you can, but it would be hell when it comes to state management.

throwaway81523 on Jan 3, 2023 | | [–]

In that world we used to handle all the state on the server side.

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