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Why we still hand-code marketing sites in 2025

Page builders promise speed. They deliver something else: load times that fail Core Web Vitals, accessibility issues that take weeks to untangle, and code that the next agency curses you for. Here is the math on why a hand-coded site is usually the cheaper option over five years.

By Marcus Eldridge · Published Oct 18, 2025

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