No Compromises

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

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    No CompromisesBy Joel Clermont and Aaron Saray
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