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11 Mar 20265 min readn3ver25

Hiring a web developer you can still leave in two years

Three questions before the deposit tell you whether you can move on later.

Illustration of choosing a developer

Whether you hire me or anyone else, get clear answers to these three first.

  • Whose name is on the domain and hosting? If it is not yours, move it before the work starts
  • Do you get the source code, and in what form?
  • If you change developer, what would the next one need — and is any of it written down?

Anyone who answers all three without hedging is usually straightforward to work with.

n3ver25

Full-stack web developer

Freelance web developer, writing both the front end and the back end. Six years of building websites.