After 6+ years of building websites, I’ve learned to ask one question early: “Who will update thi...

After 6+ years of building websites, I’ve learned to ask one question early: “Who will update thi...After 6+ years of building websites, I’ve learned to ask one question early: “Who will update thi...

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Manish Pandey

pro

• 1d

After 6+ years of building websites, I’ve learned to ask one question early: “Who will update this after launch?” The answer shapes the CMS, navigation, and handoff. Fellow developers, what’s one question you always ask before starting a project?

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Milan Bundalo

pro

• 18h

What will change on the site every week?

Eric Moore

pro

• 18h

I ask who needs to know when something breaks after launch. That answer usually decides whether the client needs an edit guide or an alert with a clear owner.

Rohan Ahmed

pro

• 16h

That CMS question is such a useful forcing function—especially when it turns “handoff” into an actual product decision rather than a final checklist. I also like how it links content ownership to navigation before the visual system gets locked.