What you give up when you start from a Webflow template instead of a blank file — and why I'd still hand-code in 2026.
This piece dives into the practical mechanics of what the headline says — built around three things I've shipped in the last six months.
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Most posts about this topic are written by people selling a product. I'm selling time — I get paid to ship sites, not to keep you reading. So the version on this page is the short, useful one. The expensive version is me applying it to your codebase.