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I built 317 websites and learned this

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Published on Apr 9, 2025 · 28:11

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317 websites in, here's what I'd tell anyone about to build or commission one. 24 hard-won truths.

Over twenty years of designing and building websites, and I’ve got 24 blunt truths to show for it.

People turn up at my door most weeks having been burned by Wix, or Squarespace, or some agency that took their money and left them a dud. Watch this before your next one.

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greggs_defender 3 hours ago

the algorithm sent me here at 3am and honestly? correct decision

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definitely_a_real_human 5 days ago

my therapist said I need a hobby so now I rate strangers' websites in my head, cheers for this

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nan_with_a_thinkpad 2 weeks ago

I don't even have a business I just like watching him be right about things

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arrow_truther_2009 11 days ago

started watching for the websites, stayed for the quiet rage

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marketing_dave 1 day ago

this should be taught in schools, instead of, like, maths

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wig_watch_committee 7 hours ago

commenting so the algorithm thinks I'm clever

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normal_website_haver 6 days ago

bold of the algorithm to recommend me this at my big age but here we are

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ctrl_alt_defeat 2 days ago

I felt personally attacked and then I fixed it. growth.

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serial_unsubscriber 4 hours ago

lost the plot a bit at the toast comparison but you know what, fair

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