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The worst part about being a web developer is when clients ruin a perfectly good website by asking for dumb things, even though you told them it's either:
a) near impossible
b) not useful/helpful to users
c) deprecated/no longer used code/techniques
e) will harm performance and SEO
d) just plain stupid

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  • 4
    I believe there exist a perfect line of control you have to set with any client to avoid such issues. Being too friendly? They'll try to milk you. Being too distant? You might loose them.
  • 3
    Those kind of people never should ask for websites, tell them to get out ya ass. Only dev can understand dev's
  • 2
    And you are damn right bro
  • 0
    @navz I'm not a dude 😂
  • 0
    Any examples of plain stupid asks?
  • 2
    @thejohnhoffer many
    - "more glitter to class it up"
    - no inventory on an e-commerce site (they had it just didn't want it on 🙄)
    - removing city and state from SEO
    - flash animated monkeys (not an animal related site)
    - hiding / skewing pricing on items for sale
    - removing SEO content from homepage completely
    - replacing our professional pics with poorly done ones of their own or stealing them from Google
    - asking me to disregard compliance rules set in place by manufacturer (results in fine for Client)
    - asking me to copy content verbatim from someone else's site
    - asking me to copy a direct competitors site design exactly
    - wanting an ugly 90s design on a responsive site
  • 1
    @CodingPrincess these are amazing XD
  • 0
    Why glitter. Why flash.
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