Hiring developers guides
Everything we publish on planning, designing, building, launching and maintaining a website. Written in house, reviewed on a schedule, free to read.
5 guides
How to Become a Website Developer: A Realistic Path
What to learn and in what order, how long it actually takes, what a portfolio needs to show, and how to find first clients — written for people starting from zero.
Questions to Ask a Web Developer Before You Hire
The questions that reveal how a website project will actually go — about process, ownership, handover and failure — and what the answers tell you.
Website Development Contract: What to Check Before Signing
The clauses that decide what happens when a website project goes wrong: ownership, scope, payments, revisions, post-launch support and termination.
Freelancer, Agency or In-House: Which Fits Your Project?
The three ways to get a website built, compared by cost, risk, speed and what happens when the person who built it is unavailable.
How to Hire a Website Developer: A Practical Process
How to shortlist, evaluate and choose a website developer: what to send, what to ask, which signals predict a good project, and the red flags worth walking away from.