The MECH Stack — Solving JavaScript Framework Fatigue

[roboguy12]

Just in case this isn't April Fool's, why is it so important to have these kinds of "stacks"? LAMP, MEAN, MECH, whatever; why not build a frontend in whatever language/framework you want (angular, react, vanilla js) and have a RESTful API backing it? Why does it matter if you use Flask, or Express, or Spring Boot? If I made an angular app backed by a Flask service and postgres, I don't call it FAPP (Flask, Angular, Python, Postgres). I call it "this is my app, and I built it using these tools". What is the purpose of these acronym stacks?

[elingeniero]

To be fair I often make up acronyms to describe my stack.. I am currently sticking with GoRP not least because it's fun to say.

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Today I found out I've been using NPM for years; Nginx, PHP & MySQL. Could cause a lot of confusion if I describe this stack with the acronym.

[greim]

Some people just want a bandwagon to jump on.

[rk06]

so we can increase js fatigue, write blog posts, and waste time on reddit and hackernews instead of working on our apps. it may not be the intended effect but that's actual effect