Believe They Rule the World (and You)

Somewhere, in a dimly lit room littered with empty coffee mugs and half-chewed cables, sits a web developer. Master of code, wrangler of CSS, ruler of responsive breakpoints. To the outside world, they’re just ‘the website guy’ (or gal).

But in the Web Developer’s mind? They are the modern equivalent of a Cold War codebreaker, a digital magician, a misunderstood artist whose canvas is Google Chrome (except Internet Explorer! May it rest in eternal compatibility issues).

You see, web developers believe they rule the world, and honestly, they kind of do. Every form you fill, every product you browse, every dodgy cookie banner you try to click past was placed there by a web developer quietly shaping your experience.

But rather than building quantum neural blockchain portals, most of them are stuck making the same four-page corporate websites for business owners who think “digital strategy” means emailing a flyer as a PDF.

“I just want a simple website.”

It’s the phrase every developer hears seconds before they descend into a Kafkaesque journey of vague requests, zero content and crushing blame.

These are the clients who say things like “Make it pop!”
or
“Can we just add a shop? Should be easy, right?”

They don’t know what hosting is, they think SEO is a scam, and they’ve never once considered that their online presence might require… effort.

The Digital Tightrope

They hand over no text, no images, no direction and then weeks later, wonder aloud why the site hasn’t tripled their revenue. Somehow, the responsibility for their digital success now rests entirely on the shoulders of the poor developer who, truth be told, wanted to spend their career breaking into encrypted government servers, not fixing broken menu bars on plumbing websites.

Every web developer lives in this tension, knowing full well that a successful website is about far more than the build. It’s about branding, messaging, user experience, consistency, content strategy, analytics, and marketing. But try telling that to a business owner whose last technological victory was sending a fax in 1997.

“You’re overcomplicating things”

they say, as they reject your UX feedback for the third time in favour of putting their logo front and centre… and spinning.

“Can you make the button redder?”

they ask, moments before asking why no one’s clicking it.

The developer sighs. Deeply. And returns to their keyboard, quietly plotting your digital domination while wondering why they didn’t just become a barista with a portfolio.

Be Kind to Your Web Folks (Especially Designers)

While you’re at it, spare a moment of compassion for the graphic designers, those mystical creatures who somehow manage to take your half-baked vision and turn it into something that doesn’t look like it was made on Microsoft Paint. They suffer a different kind of pain. The artistic pain.

The “why is there a Comic Sans logo in this folder” kind of pain.

They’re not just putting ‘pretty images’ together. They’re solving visual problems, translating vague emotional goals like ‘trustworthy yet exciting’ into fonts, colours, and layouts.

And yes, they do mind when you say, “My niece did something similar in Canva.”

In Conclusion: Respect the Code and the Canvas

Building a website that looks good, works flawlessly, and actually helps a business thrive is a nuanced dance of art, science, and patience. It takes time, thought, experience, and more than a few emergency coffees.

Web Developers and designers aren’t just button-pushers, they’re digital architects, crafting your place in the vast noisy jungle that is the internet.

So next time you say,

“I just want a simple website”

… remember: what you’re asking for is simple only if you live in a cartoon. In real life, it’s complex, layered, and if done well absolutely magical.

Be gentle with your web team.

They rule the world… and might just save your business from disappearing into the digital void.

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