In the last couple months, working with my biggest client has turned from writing code to improve her product to reviewing PRs that Claude makes - with her constantly upset that I can't keep up with the firehose, peeved when I reject a "working" PR that does things like creating redundant code rather than reusing elements already in the site for nearly a decade or providing a poor UX for users, and annoyed that the production site is so far "behind" her dev site. I really hate it but I'm not in a position to stop working with her; on the other hand I feel it's a matter of time before she decides I'm redundant and makes the decision for me.
A nightmare client would be a nightmare client regardless of the technology involved. I can definitely believe that it's way more annoying with the false confidence effect it tends to have for non-experts.
Even after this I wouldn’t call her a nightmare client if for no other reason than the invoices always get paid on time and without complaint. I’m just less satisfied with the work I’m having to do and her expectations of me.
Been in a similar place, though before Claude Code all those problems were spread over at least three different humans in three different years.
So far it looks like the pumpkin seeds from the organic food section grow just fine, I didn't even need the more expensive seed from the gardening department…
In the last couple months, working with my biggest client has turned from writing code to improve her product to reviewing PRs that Claude makes - with her constantly upset that I can't keep up with the firehose, peeved when I reject a "working" PR that does things like creating redundant code rather than reusing elements already in the site for nearly a decade or providing a poor UX for users, and annoyed that the production site is so far "behind" her dev site. I really hate it but I'm not in a position to stop working with her; on the other hand I feel it's a matter of time before she decides I'm redundant and makes the decision for me.
Perhaps it's time to take up onion farming.
A nightmare client would be a nightmare client regardless of the technology involved. I can definitely believe that it's way more annoying with the false confidence effect it tends to have for non-experts.
Even after this I wouldn’t call her a nightmare client if for no other reason than the invoices always get paid on time and without complaint. I’m just less satisfied with the work I’m having to do and her expectations of me.
Been in a similar place, though before Claude Code all those problems were spread over at least three different humans in three different years.
So far it looks like the pumpkin seeds from the organic food section grow just fine, I didn't even need the more expensive seed from the gardening department…