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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by ionised on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:59AM (#12480800)
As primarily a back-end developer I am being exposed to some front-end work at the moment with AngularJS/CoffeeScript.

I have to agree with you. I'm not enjoying it at all.

Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by aredherring on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @05:37AM (#12495262)
I feel for you. You're being exposed to a framework that is a mess in one of the [most hated languages of 2016][0]

[0]: https://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2016

Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by ionised on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @06:21AM (#12495476)
The most popular back-end language being Javascript makes me sad.