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Never take hostages: give clients control from day one

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Joel and Aaron explain why every project should start in the client’s own GitHub organization—even when the client has never heard of Git. They share scripts, onboarding tips, and war-stories that show how small setup shortcuts turn into big headaches later. You’ll learn a repeatable way to protect both your reputation and your client’s code base.

  • (00:00) - Intro & episode setup
  • (01:15) - Create the repo in their org
  • (02:15) - Quick hack versus right process
  • (03:30) - Project-setup technical-debt risks
  • (05:00) - Declaring non-negotiables to clients
  • (06:45) - Docs that survive “hit-by-bus” events
  • (08:00) - Solo-dev reputation boosters
  • (08:45) - Silly bit

Want to level up your skills as a Laravel developer?
  continue reading

130 episodes

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Manage episode 492676950 series 2974897
Content provided by Joel Clermont and Aaron Saray. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Joel Clermont and Aaron Saray or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.

Joel and Aaron explain why every project should start in the client’s own GitHub organization—even when the client has never heard of Git. They share scripts, onboarding tips, and war-stories that show how small setup shortcuts turn into big headaches later. You’ll learn a repeatable way to protect both your reputation and your client’s code base.

  • (00:00) - Intro & episode setup
  • (01:15) - Create the repo in their org
  • (02:15) - Quick hack versus right process
  • (03:30) - Project-setup technical-debt risks
  • (05:00) - Declaring non-negotiables to clients
  • (06:45) - Docs that survive “hit-by-bus” events
  • (08:00) - Solo-dev reputation boosters
  • (08:45) - Silly bit

Want to level up your skills as a Laravel developer?
  continue reading

130 episodes

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