Discussing the Recent Drop in Client Requests and AI’s Impact

Discussing the Recent Drop in Client Requests and AI’s ImpactDiscussing the Recent Drop in Client Requests and AI’s Impact

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Ansh Jamdagni

pro

• 4h

Has anyone else been feeling the sudden drop in client in-flow/requests in last few months? I've never faced something like this in my practice of more than half a decade. Feels like all the founders and business are onto designing and developing everything by themselves. Or at least are happy with the AI output/slop. Maybe because they want to ship things faster? I don't know how sustainable this is in long term. If this is an isolated experience, I'd love to learn what you're doing that's making a difference for you! But if you relate, I think it's time we address the elephant in the room! 🤔

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Vaibhav Khulbe

pro

• Nov 10

Some unusual mesh gradients 🌈

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Muhammad Mustafa

• Nov 11

Nice!

Robin Holesinsky

pro

• Nov 10

Been working on something on the side for a while. rough.agency is an AI-native product studio that takes you from idea to live product. Launching soon....

Philip Vitale

• Nov 10

Most clients don't care that I build in Webflow. I used to lead with it. Whole pitch about the visual canvas, clean output, no plugin maintenance, hosting included. Blank stares. Every time. What they actually asked, in some form, on every single call: "Will I be able to change things myself?" "How long until it's live?" "What happens when something breaks?" Webflow answers all three. I just wasn't answering the question they asked. Now the platform comes up third or fourth, sometimes not until the proposal. The CMS becomes "you'll add your own case studies in about two minutes." Hosting becomes "there's no plugin update that takes your site down at 11pm on a Friday." Same platform. Same build. Much better conversations. The tool is how I do the work. It was never the reason anyone hired me.