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Re:Low level is easy (2008) by reidjs on Thursday July 29, 2021 @10:14AM (#27996805)
I used to be naive and think frontend was just pushing pixels around and messing with html. Now that I like to think I know better.

I think people generally perceive low-level/backend work as more objective, scientific, and rigorous.

Re:Low level is easy (2008) by kennywinker on Thursday July 29, 2021 @12:55PM (#27998593)
Currently learning embedded development. There’s a kind of precision needed in this space that wasn’t important in higher level mostly frontend work. I need to know that the loop executed exactly twice since the last update, or whatever. But there’s also a ton of stuff I don’t need to worry about. Input sanitization, animation curves, view layering, network request invalidation, stuff like that. I think the premise is wrong. There is no easy or hard domain. It’s all about the specific thing you’re doing within that domain