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[[[> IMG:FullStackDiagram0.png ---- |>> The full stack <<| ]]]
Miles Gould has written about the _ myth of the "Full Stack Developer."

Web programmers and the people who recruit them
like to talk about "full-stack developers",
meaning:

|>> [[[
"someone who understands how _
the system works all the way _
through, and can fix problems _
at any layer".
]]] <<|

The trouble is, there are a *lot* more layers
than most people realise! Here's a diagram
I sketched out while waiting for my flight
to be called:

The point is that the stack is deeper than most people think.

Let's start at the top and work down ...

* Requirements capture
* UX Design
* Frontend web app code
* Frontend web framework
* Web browser
* HTML/CSS
* Backend web app code
* Backend web framework
* Language runtime
* Compiler/Interpreter
* HTTP Server
* Database(s)
* Virtualisation/Containerisation system
* Operating System
* Hypervisor
* Box Assembly
* Instruction Set Architecture
* Microarchitecture
* Microelectronics
* Semiconductor physics