Web dev with 15 years of experience loses top client to a ChatGPT-built site
AncientOneX · reddit · 2026-10-16
A web developer/designer with 15 years of experience and 6 years of formal education says his best-paying client built a full website and webshop 'in a couple of hours' with ChatGPT, then emailed to terminate his services.
He had assumed e-commerce and web app work would keep him relevant longer before AI replacement — it didn't. The post captures how quickly AI tools are eroding even 'advanced' freelance dev work.
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