Comment by jollyllama
7 hours ago
> It seems like it might just be that Python/npm are juicier targets?
Attackers go where the victims are. Frontend is a monoculture with the vast majority using NPM; backend, less so. This isn't an excuse for NPM, but another strike against it.
You could also argue that the attacks make a deeper point about frontend vs backend devs, but I won't go there.
Why would you even imply something like that?
They feel the need to compete given that jokes about "backend" devs write themselves
Frontend has lower barrier of entry and more appeal for beginners, so its bell curve might have its left edge is thicker. It impacts the avg of problems and culture of dealing with them
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Is this a dogfooding joke?