"Frontend/backend" is neither new nor pointless. The people who pretend they are are usually backenders who are under the false impression that frontend is simple.
took until maybe 2015 before i remember seeing any job ads of “frontend” positions, it takes a while before a job market develops around a technology.
i didn’t say it was pointless. i said the stratification of “dev” into “frontend dev” and “backend dev” is newfangled and arbitrary. you could also split devs into other classes (DB only, CSS only, etc.).
it is funny when people who don’t know you accuse you of incompetence because you don’t like their tools or methods. dogmatic. i prefer some other tools and methods and i am delivering value to customers. pragmatic.