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The Janitor Pattern

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The Janitor Pattern describes how frontend teams often become maintenance-focused rather than innovative due to insufficient architectural investment and staffing. This occurs because frontend development is frequently undervalued, leading to complex, hard-to-maintain codebases that slow down productivity and drive away skilled engineers.

Engineering leadership must recognize the critical role of robust frontend architecture by providing adequate resources and prioritizing it equally with backend systems to prevent this pattern from developing.

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