Ask HN: Is back end dev generally easier than front end?
No, Backend is not easier than Frontend. Both are equally hard, since you will always be pushed to get the most out of what is currently available in terms of technology &amp; tooling, no matter of your niche. If not, your job will become worth less since you are going to be automated away at some point.<p>A fallacy that I found many frontend-developers have is that they believe Backend is the same as Frontend, just that you don&#x27;t have to deal with browsers, can work in one language and just do some data conversion.<p>Even if this is true in some cases, they forget the most important thing: the data. On the frontend, you can pretty much always just create a new version of your software, deploy it and then you are done. The only thing you need to be careful about is that you use the backend APIs correctly.
If you mess up, you roll back to the version before and you are good.<p>Not so on the Backend. If there are changes in how the data is stored, structured&#x2F;formatted and processed, then there is also the chance that you might screw up data. Potentially you cannot revert this and the damage is permanent. Sometimes you can but it is very painful and needs to be done with extreme care. This is one of the reasons why Backend seems to be more stable - because the impact of errors is higher and will put more stress on you.<p>Therefore, I find backend less rewarding - it takes longer for you to see results, because you must be more careful.<p>Disclaimer: of course it can also be that it&#x27;s the other way around, but usually it is like I described.