ShrimpCocktail

Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to 'custom' webdev agencies? on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:11AM (#26720818)

Sure thing, I just added it. I'm signing off for tonight, but shoot me an email and I'll reach out in the morning :)

Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to 'custom' webdev agencies? on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @12:43AM (#26720684)

Yes, I imagine you're spot on there!

Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to 'custom' webdev agencies? on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @12:42AM (#26720680)

That begs the question of where do you search to find them then? If you don't already have an ear in the business, how do you reach out?

Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to 'custom' webdev agencies? on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @12:01AM (#26720460)

At least I take comfort in knowing that it's not all just down to my searching ability! Out of curiosity, would your previous employer work around their client's specific requests (e.g. use Node in the backend? Use X database?).

Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to 'custom' webdev agencies? on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @11:34PM (#26720320)

Indeed. I still feel like there must be some sort of agency somewhere that will do this type of work though. It might cost a pretty penny, but it can't be impossible to find..

Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to 'custom' webdev agencies? on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @11:32PM (#26720305)

Probably one of the more relevant usernames to comment on my post :)

I have the feeling that you're right; there just isn't a market for it. The alternative would be to try and filter through the army of Fiverr, Upwork & Freelancer - but I fear the risk of spaghetti code or copypasta is high and there isn't much accountability on these platforms once the job is considered 'done'. Maybe I'm wrong though.

Ask HN: What ever happened to 'custom' webdev agencies?

Posted by ShrimpCocktail on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @10:54PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Maybe my search skills have simply degraded with age more than I care to admit, but where does one find a good custom webdev agency these days? And I don't mean some company that will simply spit me out some templated riffraff but one that will actually sit down with me and plan something specific out. Somewhere where I can say "I'd like to rely on web components on the frontend and node in the...

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