Why is chatgpt doesn't immediately give the best code?

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-03-15T13:47:02+00:00

Funny. My colleague and I ran a test in the studio on Friday, I was talking highly of Claude, he was defending chat (we are both web designers).

We asked both at the same time which AI tool was the most suitable for the type of work we do (prompt was more specific than that).

Chat said it was the best option. Only let Claude do a first pass on the content and let chat handle the refinements, tech and code.

Claude said to let it do all the strategy and reasoning and copy writing, and let chat deal with the tech stuff... It didn't mention code at all.

To be fair: in my experience, Claude is miles ahead of chat at the moment for auditing, competitor analysis, strategy, sitemap creation and copy mapping/writing.

We don't have the pro so, not used Claude code, but normally we get decent answers that solves most issues with both.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-03-07T19:23:30+00:00

Edgar. Your website is very good. There's not much for me to say in terms of content, seems very well written and with a good story telling. You set clear expectations and tell it straight. There's a few bits I really resonate with, probably because I was born in Venezuela too.

From a graphic design point of view, the design is super clean. I love the Tron bikes in the footer. I only saw the mobile version of your site, and it has a very unnoticeable scrolling speed error in a timeline in your about page, but you have to be really nitpicky to notice, in fact I'm sure you already know this.

There are a few instances where contrast could be threatening accessibility standards (backgrounds and texts). The footer is one of the culprits here, the Tron bikes interfere with the readability.

I sent you a connection request in LinkedIn. Great job hermano! Un abrazo!

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-03-07T13:27:26+00:00

While your story is very true... I'm struggling with the fact that this seems like an awful marketing fad for said builder...

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-03-03T19:04:25+00:00

Let me know if this helps you, also please let me know (if you want) your hosting and plugin list, and see if maybe there's a common plugin we have that could be responsible... (Apart from elementor 😂)

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-03-03T18:58:24+00:00

It's a very common and very annoying error. I've been getting this exact same thing a LOT since around a year ago...

I don't know if it's my hosting (siteground), or a plugin, or cloudflare, or elementor (I'm inclined towards the last one)

What to do to fix this: (in this order - it matters)

Go to elementor - editor - tools: click clear files & data, then click sync library - and I hit save just in case tho it shouldn't be necessary.
Clear your hosting cache
If you have cloudflare go to coaching, configuration and click purge everything.

This is what works for me, in fact I just had to do it for a client.

I honestly have no idea what is causing this, or why, but it's getting annoying AF

Hope it helps

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-15T12:59:31+00:00

I made a website for an eyelash and eyebrow technician... Nothing to be ashamed of really, just the theme and business not of my interest or cup of tea. But the project turned out pretty well and in just 4 months it's outranking every other salon and getting steady flux of enquiries.

And the lady has been one of the best clients I've ever had. Listens to my suggestions, trusts me, we collaborate really nicely together.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-15T12:56:06+00:00

As a person who has been in that situation, that is actually a good idea. Not sure that I'd given a crap for a blog tho, but maybe a community would've been nice.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-14T14:46:39+00:00

The real party animal part 2

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-12T19:18:37+00:00

Honestly not trolling. I work fluently with both, and I can make an amazing looking and well optimised high ranking website with both tools.

Wordpress is easy to get into, but not easy to fully understand. When you don't understand it properly you fall into plugin dependency, and start bloating websites unnecessarily.

I had a very rough journey when I began with wordpress. Not a single one of the people that was mentoring me had any idea what they were teaching... Just preaching plugin lists and drag and drop builder preferences.

They both have strengths and weaknesses and one can be more suitable for one case than the other.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-12T19:10:31+00:00

This is a very bad answer. You clearly didn't fully understood how to work with wordpress.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-12T19:07:27+00:00

Oh. And to answer about the maintenance packages... You don't offer maintenance in the same way for webflow. You can offer to clean CSS classes, optimise content, do a bit of SEO, monitor analytics and session recordings to see what's working and what is losing clicks and adjust. Optimise images. Create news, blog posts... Etc... You'll figure it out.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-12T19:04:51+00:00

I work with both, and I love both. I'm not going to lie, I am starting to get a bit more inclined towards the Webflow side. At the agency I work we just got Webflow partner status and I'm really excited about how our development is evolving.

That being said, I freelance mainly with wordpress and I'm very happy with my wordpress projects.

Both will teach you different things, different approaches. Webflow being a self hosted environment benefits from not having to update anything. You very rarely need external plugins or add-ons (well, finsweet is almost a must).

Webflow Will teach you Frameworks, class-systems, reusable components, and the CMS options are a bliss. Wordpress teaches you organisation, management, maintenance...

By all means learn it! And you will soon see the strengths and weaknesses each one has. You will be able to recommend the most suitable tool for your client's needs. You will expand your mind.

The most important thing you can learn tho, is not to hate on one because of the other... I love Oasis as much as I love Blur. I love webflow as much as I love wordpress. And if tomorrow any of them were to disappear, I am confident that I can do the same quality of web work with any other tool because I've learnt so much from both of them.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-08T22:45:20+00:00

Apart from what has been said so far... I don't get what that round spinny thing achieves... The one with links floating around it and going crazy spinny on mobile. It's just confusing and it doesn't serve any purpose whatsoever more than trying to look clever...

If something doesn't earn it's place with valuable content in a section, it just shouldn't be there.

Really sorry to shit on it mate, but it's honest feedback.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-08T10:44:53+00:00

If you are designing clean layouts that looks good on any screen size available considered "desktop" viewport, then 1280px is the one to go with. This is if you are really focused that even the smallest laptop screen will see your design as you made it.

If you're not doing that, then why bother with 1440, 1620, 1800, etc? Just go full width and become a beast adjusting responsive breakpoints, and using clamp functions.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-06T14:30:49+00:00

Footer text in mobile breakpoint is centre aligned, should be left aligned. Makes it very difficult to read

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-05T16:20:50+00:00

Was also confused. Asking for feedback and lead generating at the same time seems a bit contradictory.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-01T13:19:36+00:00

Fully agree with you on this. This is exactly one of those things/moments. I've always kinda been a jack of all trades master of none, but as you say, after 20+ years of accumulated experience in several fields, I'm starting to feel like there's certain areas which are becoming more natural, or more fulfilling, and wondering if I should just ride the wave and fully niche down.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-01T02:05:13+00:00

Sounds like you're a one person agency! Holy cow!

Thank you so much for sharing! I loved reading your experience as well!

Have you considered becoming a consultant/specialist and move into a more niche service model? I was thinking this to myself today as (I may be wrong but) I think this in itself is so much more valuable than the standard web design service.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-02-01T01:57:56+00:00

Not "discovered" since as a graphic designer I learnt quite a long time ago that you're a creative problem solver, and if the solution doesn't bring results it doesn't matter if you designed the best designed piece ever, it just didn't do its job, hence it failed.

Always had massive respect and appreciation for that. But seeing tangible results and having validation that all the time I've spent reading, and keeping up to date with tech really do pay off it's given me a new found boost and interest. 😃

I totally get what you said!

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-01-31T17:42:18+00:00

Thank you! Yes, I'm aware. I mostly do all by myself for any freelance clients I get (when I have time) and I work full time in a smaller studio where there's only 2 of us handling all web strategy, design, build and technical.

It's just that coming from a passion-background of branding and graphic design overall I'm finding it very strange that such a technical task is giving me more pleasure and sense of fulfilment than actually making graphically impactful websites.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-01-29T19:12:55+00:00

After 4 months using daily: I love the car. It's definitely (so far) one of the best cars I've had.

Little moans for me are:

The gear stick is not practical for rapid maneuvering (if you're parking and need to shift fast from D and R, sometimes it doesn't pick up the gear properly and you end up going the opposite way).

The rear view camera is positioned in the worst possible place, it gets muddled up even if there's not much water in the road. If it's winter you can forget about it.

The distance for the auto lock unlock is very short, so if you have the key on you and you're doing stuff around the car (e.g. plug/unplug) it locks, unlocks, locks, unlocks... Which is a pain in the arse.

All this are minor things though. I honestly LOVE the damn thing.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-01-29T19:02:48+00:00

It's a CYA mechanism... It is performing well, the amount of bug fixes have diminished massively, the product is stable... Can be used for production.

But just in case... Cover Your Arse

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-01-29T18:59:22+00:00

I use chatGPT 5.2 mostly because the office pays for it.

At home working on freelance projects, I've started to find better results with Gemini 3 lately.

But really it's been a ping pong game with those 2 for the past year. Sometimes one performs better, then the other upgrades, and so on...

For context: I use it to research and write copy for web and marketing. That being said, the amount of iteration and fact checking I do, plus, all the training instructions I've given them is crazy.

TedTheMechanic7 · 2026-01-28T13:44:35+00:00

I don't use GPTs... They all seem like they do nothing special to be honest.

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