--- title: Front-end development’s identity crisis – Elly Loel description: Elly Loel's post discusses the identity crisis faced by front-end web developers, specifically the challenges caused by the JavaScript-industrial complex and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/front-end-development-s-identity-crisis-elly-loel-yrepxgju2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Front-end development’s identity crisis – Elly Loel | daily.dev og:description: Elly Loel's post discusses the identity crisis faced by front-end web developers, specifically the challenges caused by the JavaScript-industrial complex and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/front-end-development-s-identity-crisis-elly-loel-yrepxgju2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YrEPXGJU2.png og:image:alt: Front-end development’s identity crisis – Elly Loel og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Front-end development’s identity crisis – Elly Loel **[Brad Frost](https://daily.dev/sources/bradfrost)** · 1 min read · 16 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Elly Loel's post discusses the identity crisis faced by front-end web developers, specifically the challenges caused by the JavaScript-industrial complex and the emergence of specialized roles like front-of-the-front-end developers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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