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Never take hostages: give clients control from day one
Episode 130

Never take hostages: give clients control from day one

No Compromises · Joel Clermont and Aaron Saray

July 5, 202510m 55s

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Show Notes

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

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