Comment by ithrow
4 years ago
Agree, we just add React components here and there to server-side rendered HTML and it works great for us. The issue is most companies want separate teams for front-end and back-end and each team wants clear separation of boundaries and responsibilities between them.
The old mythical man month strikes back. Best devops is no ops. Best team is no team.
Of course eventually you need more people and I don't love anyone touch my code, but I'd rather have someone incompetent do entire stack that at least I can review than spend weeks upon weeks communicating basic assumptions.
Adding components here and there sounds like a simple app. Nothing wrong with that, if course.
Different teams exist for a reason. I've deeply regretted working in "we have real Devs that can do it all" environments.
It's not so much about boundaries as it is about competence. Or lack of it with