But whilst a single wainwright could perhaps make a decent enough waggon a single individual can&#x27;t produce a car. On the web the expectation has grown, the tech has matured, the simplest offerings now are beyond what can be efficiently created by a solo artisan.<p>Yes you have to keep upgrading you skills but the skillset has grown - for me - so much that I can no longer be a full stack web dev without spending all my time just on keeping up with changes.<p>One used to just need to know LAMP, but now there&#x27;s nginx, postgres, ruby, ..., two main CSS preprocessors, several js frameworks, bootstrap, WordPress, ..., source management, coding standards, more browsers, more platforms, more focus on accessibility, more legal requirements, more payment gateways, more security issues, ..., social media interactions, expectations of greater integration with other communication platforms, ...<p>There might still be a few wainwrights around the world but now there are while teams just to design the surface interface for the wheels. This is what web design is going.