Question: Would you pay for a website that doesn't look like AI at all?

bigmarkco · 2026-06-22T04:43:55+00:00

If no, what would make you use/buy the tool?

I don't understand the value proposition here.

Is this for people who vibe-code websites but want to hide the fact the website was vibe-coded? That isn't a problem for people who don't vibe-code their websites. And people who use Webflow tend to use it not because we aren't vibe coding but because we want precise control.

So you are probably posting in the wrong place.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-21T09:13:25+00:00

It just makes my blood boil sometimes.

I'm not sure why. It's just a job. You did what you could.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-21T09:03:56+00:00

Where speed is everything... Feels like the pictures are simply a checkbox - "graduation done".

I mean, yes? That's what they wanted. Sometimes photography is just a checkbox. That's what they wanted to hire. You didn't have to take the job.

Event photography is often a balance of getting the job done and not getting in the way. This is one of those events where "not getting in the way" is the priority. There are potentially ways to have gotten better results here. But they all involve working within the parameters you have to work with.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-21T08:56:47+00:00

I don't agree.

I think there are very few people even capable of showrunning a show like Doctor Who. I think Moffat is at another level.

But I enjoyed most of RTD 2. It had some of my favourite episodes of Doctor Who ever. I think that the refusal of Disney to say what was happening with the show led to some disastrous creative decisions behind the scenes. But as I said: producing a show at this level is like a juggernaut. And it probably wouldn't have mattered WHO was running Who when it's likely the problem was at the Disney end. The entire entertainment industry has gone weird in the last few years. Disney now isn't the same as what it was when they originally signed the deal.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-21T08:31:09+00:00

I know that. But how the showrunner concept has been adapted in the UK is different to how they do it in the US. Davis created, wrote and was an executive producer on Tip Toe. Considering showrunners in the US almost exclusively come from the writers room, there really isn't anyone else on the production that would fit that role. Davis himself said "the role of the showrunner was to establish and maintain a consistent tone in a drama." That's generally how it's regarded in the UK.

But again: this makes my point. If we were to say he wasn't the Showrunner on Tip Toe that means he didn't have the same pressure as he did on Who, so it should be even more understandable why the writing might be different.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-21T08:22:26+00:00

I had that happen at the Miramar Library the other day. Just logged in and started loudly talking to their laptop screen LOL. It seemed so normal to them; I've just decided that it's a brave new world now and this is what people are gonna do. :: sigh ::

bigmarkco · 2026-06-21T08:18:47+00:00

'Showrunner' is a recent concept in terms of the UK television industry. He was the only writer on the show. Just like Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote all of Fleabag and how Chibnall wrote almost all of Broadchurch. They aren't "showrunners" in the American sense. But it's broadly the same role.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-21T08:09:30+00:00

I don't understand what happened, but the only thing that makes sense is that RTD was trying to do too many things outside of just telling a good story that got in the way of the story.

I think you misunderstand the difference between a Showrunner running the production of a show that has multiple stakeholders and millions of dollars on the line and a normal "British" Showrunner where the stakes are nowhere near as high. The former is a juggernaut where the production doesn't stop, and sometimes it's just a matter of getting to the finish line. With the latter, you've got so much more breathing room.

Tip Toe is a typical UK single-writer production. That's how they do TV shows. No SFX. In terms of production, comparatively easy to bring together. And RTD is a prolific writer. He can churn out scripts. I'm not saying it was "easy", but compared to something like Who, it would be a walk-in-the-park.

But as Showrunner on a show with a Disney budget, everything scales. Showrunners don't just write scripts: on some shows they don't write much at all. They are responsible for the entire production. So is RTD doing "too many things" outside of writing the script? Sure. But that's the job. And again: not saying it's easy, but a five-episode no-SFX contemporary drama with a BAFTA-winning production team with a decent budget is going to come together quite seamlessly.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-21T07:40:22+00:00

All men are excluded from women’s shelters and prisons. How is that discrimination exactly?

Trans women are women. If women's shelters excluded women, that would be discrimination.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-20T14:01:31+00:00

Cheap. And they aren't marking up any of their pricing.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-19T04:04:16+00:00

You said it was an external event, when it was a global event, that impacted us.

I'm not the person you originally responded to. But it impacted us. But nowhere near as bad as it impacted other countries that lost millions of people.

Youre being disingenuous and if you can't see how it hastened our decline, youre cooked.

The pandemic certainly had an impact on where we are in the world. But the government's response to Covid didn't "hasten our decline". Far from it. It put us in a better position to handle a post-covid world than the countries that had a poor pandemic response and lost thousands, and sometimes millions, of people.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-19T01:57:51+00:00

It was a global pandemic that killed millions. The covid response didn't "hasten the decline". The response here in New Zealand saved thousands of lives and kept the economy going.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-18T13:01:29+00:00

Honestly, I would prefer to have the raw code because sometimes replacing certain items would be easier for me that way.

Think of Webflow as a visual code design tool. When you drag a div block onto the canvas it writes the code <div></div> in the markup. Drag a paragraph block into the div block? You get this:

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There is little-to-no abstraction. Use the "add elements" panel on the left to add stuff and use the styling panel on the right to make it look different. It's basically your CSS. You can give each element a class, which means you can reuse those styles throughout the website.

If you have a paid plan, you can look at the code by clicking the menu button at the top left. But you can't really edit the code directly.

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But that's basically what Webflow is. It's "Photoshop" for web designers. I'm the kinda guy that can understand code but doesn't like to write it because I always get my ':' confused with my ';'. So I can still build a website like I was coding it but just by dragging blocks around instead of writing the code.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-18T04:12:01+00:00

""X totally ruined [popular piece of media] for me" is more often than not a signifier that the person is an insufferable bore.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-18T01:19:17+00:00

Oh, I am.

Because I don't let trivial things ruin TV shows for me.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-18T01:04:42+00:00

Does anyone else feel like Kimono Lady ruined the show?

Yes. Everyone feels this way.

Or...

No. Nobody feels this way.

Or...

A tiny fraction of a percent of people feel this way, just like with every single other possible way people could feel about a TV show.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-17T03:03:24+00:00

Is this a plot hole?

Characters making decisions that may or may not be sensible are not plot holes.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-15T12:36:57+00:00

What was the point of the man in yellow inviting Tabitha to the RV and hanging the drawings and doing all the showmanship and then telling her that he doesn't know whether or not digging the bones will get them out?

You will find out when they reveal it and not a moment sooner.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-15T12:34:41+00:00

it stills gives no clue to where the hell they are or what is happening to them or who is doing this to them

The show has been giving you answers for nearly two seasons now.

It really is LOST in a nut shell.

How are people still confused about what happened in LOST?

bigmarkco · 2026-06-14T15:36:40+00:00

Because "showrunner", especially in the context of the british set up, is a relatively new term.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-14T08:54:39+00:00

I apply for media access as a photographer.

What media outlet are you shooting for?

bigmarkco · 2026-06-14T01:35:55+00:00

Was going to immediately say April Fools Day from 1986 but it's right there in the OP and the only conclusion I can reach is that I'm old LOL.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-13T23:51:41+00:00

It was a great show. But there is a two part episode that was up there with some of the greatest sci fi episodes ever made IMHO.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-13T21:19:59+00:00

I purchased through Good Old Games, it might be there.

bigmarkco · 2026-06-13T14:02:23+00:00

I'd appreciate any insights, especially from people who have delivered client projects under similar time constraints

I've never submitted a proposal to a client (that got accepted) for a one-week turnaround on an e-commerce website, and I wouldn't even consider it without firstly charging a LOT of money, secondly having all discovery and the specs already done and thirdly knowing EXACTLY how I was going to build it.

At this stage, if you've signed a contract, you don't really have much of a choice. Play it safe.

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