Not brilliant, but not rubbish. Pretty standard phrase, at least here in the UK.

robtoo · on July 30, 2011

I'm a Brit and have never heard "middle-end" used like that. "Middling", yes. "Middle-end", no.

And to answer the grand-parent:

building infrastructure that will help other parts of the project -- part of why I call myself a ‘middle-end programmer’.

It seems that the author is using "middle-end" in a manner analagous to the more common "front-end" and "back-end".

Exactly what this involves is not entirely clear, but building frameworks, perhaps.

thwarted · on July 30, 2011

building infrastructure that will help other parts of the project --part of why I call myself a ‘middle-end programmer’.

Brooks called that role the toolsmith.

baha_man · on July 30, 2011

"Pretty standard phrase, at least here in the UK."

No, it's definitely not.

jacques_chester · on July 30, 2011

Thanks.