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The Frontend-Backend Reality Check

Backend Webdev Javascript Programming Databases

21 days ago 67.9K views 0 shares

The Frontend-Backend Reality Check

Frontend: a neat row of polished reaction buttons that users click without a second thought. Backend: absolute chaos of tiny creatures frantically running around, sweating, electrocuted, and desperately trying to process each reaction in real-time. That one-pixel-perfect button your designer insisted on? Yeah, it's powered by a poor backend dev having an existential crisis while juggling database transactions at 3 AM. Meanwhile, the frontend dev is already at happy hour showing off the "clean UI."

The Innocent Button That Broke The Internet

Devops Programming Linux Databases Frontend

1 month ago 120.3K views 0 shares

The Innocent Button That Broke The Internet

Behold, the digital butterfly effect in its purest form. Some user somewhere is happily hammering that shiny "Generate" button because "ooh, pretty animation!" Meanwhile, the entire backend infrastructure is having a nuclear meltdown. Grafana's screaming red, MySQL's given up on life, Redis clusters have abandoned ship, and the poor DevOps folks are having collective heart attacks while Zabbix agent waves the white flag. This is why we can't have nice things. This is also why button debouncing exists, and why senior devs drink heavily.