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Backend ๐Ÿค Frontend (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 125 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I once worked with a backend guy who delivered a thorough API using well-defined JSON via clear URIs.

Chris, if you're reading this, I miss you.

[โ€“] cobwoms@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

omg i know chris, chris rules

[โ€“] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm not Chris, but this is how I backend.

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Thanks, Chris

[โ€“] mmddmm@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah... It's extra work not to do this. Why would you make an endpoint and not throw in every property of that entity? Why would you mess with your URIs instead of making a clear division with logical entities?

Yet, somehow, most people do exactly those things.

[โ€“] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

i mean at least he documented it.

[โ€“] mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

God damn where did he end up? Working for swagger or something?

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Looks like he's working on healthcare web apps now

[โ€“] gibmiser@lemmy.world 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So front end does fuckall

[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 47 points 2 months ago

Perfectly stable until it has a user.

[โ€“] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 months ago

the front end needs to be entirely 100% javascript with no backwards compatability, no easy deploy script, and no documentation.

[โ€“] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

We still use a bastardized mixture of soap, rest, and grapqhl with zero consistency.

[โ€“] wreleven@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm thankfully rid of soap. We had a few third-party services that still used it up to a couple of years ago.

[โ€“] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Some devs had the pleasure of making contact with it on a national healthcare scale :)

[โ€“] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Aaah, SOAP.

Yo dawg, I heard you like XML over HTTP so I put XML over HTTP in your XML over HTTP.

[โ€“] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've had too much raw XML parsing for one lifetime.

[โ€“] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

Pretty much why everyone just uses json or, heaven forbid, plain text for trivial data.

[โ€“] negativenull@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This whole picture:
Full Stack Developer

[โ€“] PmMeFrogMemes@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

no no, full stack is when the entire bike is of equally dubious quality

[โ€“] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

BFF goals

[โ€“] abbadon420@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

I work with a lot of frontenders who always say "why would we even need backend, we can just use firebase".

[โ€“] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Imagine if you only needed one rider though.

[โ€“] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Scotch on the rocks is a bit strong for them