# Ask HN: How are front end friends doing these days?

> Source: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49356122>
> Published: 2026-08-19 03:03:33+00:00

With the popularity of AI tools, how are front-end folks doing?

BG: My company recently laid off a group of people, most of them from R&D, and among R&D, most were front-end.

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49356122](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49356122)

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