Ask HN: How hardware engineers see the web dev evolution and trends

In the past decade there were a lot of changes around web development (node.js, HTML5). Adopting methodologies and architectures from other related fields, making progress on having an efficient and "automated" development process.<p>I wonder how hardware engineers see these changes and if there are similarities or exchanges of knowledge or habits.<p>Hardware engineers in specific, because I imagine the physical aspect generates some constraints.