Backend engineers who dismiss frontend work often neglect user-facing quality holistically
The frontend vs. backend specialization divide can mask a deeper problem: engineers who disengage from UI work frequently show similar indifference to API quality in their own domain. The real issue is absence of user-empathy as a professional norm. This is an opinion post, not a product-addressable problem.
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