This whole thread makes me happy that at my job we don’t have this arbitrary backend/frontend split. Everyone on my team does both—if you are working on a feature you implement all the parts needed for it. Seems like it avoids a lot of this coordination hassle.
Of course some people are better at one or the other so for very tricky things we might have them take over those pieces. But 99% of coding is fairly straightforward.
It's neither an arbitrary split, nor is the fact that everyone does both exempt you from this discussion. You are still concerned about this, unless you are doing some desktop app.
Of course some people are better at one or the other so for very tricky things we might have them take over those pieces. But 99% of coding is fairly straightforward.