17/02/2026
Difference between a Cunning Web Developer Vs Genuine Web Dev - My Experience!
A lot of time, we developers work on various projects. Before starting the actual work, certain things like payments, work deliverables, milestones etcetera are discussed and set in place. But what happens during the course of website designing or website development, several clients fail to send payments on time, even when the milestones of work deliverables are reached. What happens during this time? Well, that’s where the difference between a cunning developer and a genuine good at heart developer comes into play.
- A cunning developer always makes sure that the entire development work or deliverable files, are not hosted on the clients server. They strip their clients off any control to their website and its files. So when there is issues with payment, they stop the work and keep the website hostage. Now, several people would say, this is smart and perhaps the right thing to do because at the end of the day, it’s all business. But, I have a different opinion.
- A genuine developer, makes sure, the work doesn’t stops. They keep requesting for payment, but also make sure that they do not hold back from completing the project they have initially promised to deliver. They don’t hold the website hostage and work mostly on the clients server directly giving them full access to the website code, and files. If the code is on GitHub, they share access to the repo with the client as well.
I have recently experienced this, where I gave all access to the client like I always do. All the files, code, images, content everything. After the work was done and delivered successfully. They start making issues with the payment. I requested, time and again. But never EVER held them hostage. Never EVER stopped working. In the end successfully delivered their website. After they received everything, there hasn’t been any communication with them. They stopped responding. But, am I suppose to feel bad? Maybe yes, but I know I haven’t WRONGED anyone, and when that’s the case, I would eventually get what I rightfully deserve in the form of money, and success. This has been my principal since the time I got into Website building and it will continue to be like that even if I get unfortunate and face a lot of bad ones like this.
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Nabeel