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5 points by biggs83 ↗ HN
Good Morning HN.

This is my second post on the site. My first post, I started to learn to code, and its going well. But now my question is, are psd to html/css services really worth it? or the money?

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kingsidharth
If you've invested in getting a well "decorated" PSD then by all means go it is. But for a start-up agile development and Lean UX is the way to go. (IMO)
mathgladiator
I think it is worth-while to avoid PSDs in general, and I think people that master Lean UX (or CSS driven design) will be a huge advantage once HTML5 is standard.
kingsidharth
I'd avoid them too. Complete waste of time and effort.
maxbrown
If you're bootstrapping, not at all.

If you're a company paying it's designers/coders a premium salary, probably worth it. You'll often end up paying more in-house in salary (and they can be working on something more valuable)than you will paying a psd2html service.

[dead] biggs83
The truth, I have an idea for a startup. Everyone that uses the internet WILL use this site. I have a Mac, a PC, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and $1200 to put into this site. I want to put this together and up quick. Would the psd service code my psd into a site that would be up and running? and then I can get users? I'm doing this alone and do not have a team
ddemchuk
they're worth it when you're doing contract web design work and your margins allow you to scale horizontally and still profit with them.

Also, once you've mastered the slicing process, it gets really boring, so outsourcing it is a nice relief

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