I spent the last week talking to freelance developers about their worst client experiences.

The pattern is always the same:

Client disappeared after final delivery

6 rounds of revisions then ghosted

Signed contract, never heard back

Paid first milestone, vanished on the second

Every platform invests heavily in vetting freelancers for clients — ratings, portfolios, skill tests. But clients get almost zero scrutiny.

You receive a project proposal and have: a name, maybe a company. That's it.

That information exists. It just never surfaces where you need it — before you say yes.

I'm building a tool to fix this:

Search a client's name or email before accepting a project

See red flags reported by other freelancers

AI analysis of their project brief (unrealistic budgets, scope creep signals)

Simple score: ✅ Clean / ⚠️ Caution / 🚨 Avoid

Still in validation phase — no product yet, just talking to people.

If you freelance: what's the worst red flag you've seen from a client before OR after it was too…