Why Staying Relevant Feels Like Climbing Everest. Tagged with fullstack, webdev, learningtocode.

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The modern full-stack developer role has become overwhelmingly complex compared to earlier programming eras. Where developers once needed to know a single language like DBase, today's web applications require mastery of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, frontend frameworks, backend languages, databases, REST APIs, Git, cloud services, Docker, Kubernetes, OAuth2, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools. This expanding skill set creates significant barriers for junior developers entering the field, while AI tools add both assistance and additional complexity. The expectation for developers to deeply understand the entire stack from frontend to cloud infrastructure may be unrealistic, raising questions about whether the industry is setting unsustainable expectations and potentially limiting the pipeline of new developers.

Full Stack Fatigue:

I think the minimum requirements to enter the field as a web developer you just need to learn HTML, CSS, JS and React. The rest you can learn on the job.
I myself started my career with these 4 only. Then in my first job I learned Node JS, Express JS, MongoDB and Socket IO
Then in my next job I learned Vue, Quasar, Nest JS, MySQL, GCP, AWS
And in my current job I have learned monorepo