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A simple task landed in the queue which was to change the action of a dashboard button. During the ongoing enhancement of one of our projects, the team received a seemingly minor task.The request looked simple on the surface — no new UI elements, just change the functionality behind an existing button. But that small change led to a deep dive across the stack. Controller logic overhaul: The button was tied to multiple backend operations. Updating the function meant rewriting controller logic and adjusting route-level validations in Express.js. Schema modification: The new workflow required storing additional state, which meant altering the MongoDB schema and updating the Mongoose model — not something we could skip. Impact on data flow: Redux states had to be adjusted to reflect new backend responses. One overlooked mismatch caused a frontend crash during testing. Testing and QA loops: Every layer — API, frontend, DB — had to be revalidated. Minor bugs appeared across user roles and edge cases, increasing the overall QA cycle. What started as a 30-minute estimate turned into a 2-day task, not because of the complexity of the button itself but because of the interconnected nature of modern full stack systems. Lesson: No change is truly small unless you trace its full impact. #Gigaversity #codesimulations #FrontendDevelopment #WebDevelopment #CodingCommunity #CodingChallenges #Fullstackdevelopment #WebDev #UIUX #programming #frontend #coder #coding #expressjs #meanstack #redux #mongodb
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