Ironically, some of the worst websites I've come across are one's based around development.

Just tried googling for web design agency new york.

The first hit is https://www.bigdropinc.com/ , and when I enter that in Gtmetrix, it scores a lousy C/D grade. The issues are beginner shit, bloat, fails W3 validation, Webaim Wave flags out accessibility and contrast errors, and it's running on WordPiss.

OK, second hit, that would be https://belugalab.com/ . That scores even worse with E/F at Gtmetrix, more beginner shit and more bloat, even more W3 validation errors (partly because the JS frameworks invite writing invalid markup it seems), Webaim Wave flags out even more accessibility and contrast errors. Two fucking JS frameworks AND jQuery on top of that, and three tracking services, WTF.

In short, both of the top Google results are total train wrecks.

They could be trolls

That c++ sure fucking sucks. Still on http despite having user logins...