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Web apps used to be just html and forms so no the complexity has skyrocketed.

Where the majority of the complexity was in the backend. Now, the complexity has simply moved.

I'm quite happy I don't need to have two different codebases in different languages for most things anymore. I'm more than happy to offload it to the browser to save me some effort, time and money.

You have to validate on the backend among other things. Honestly the only thing we have nowadays is flashier websites for the most part. Some very small percentage of websites actually require the tech that has been built despite the fact that nearly all engineering teams seem to push for it.

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