Handwritten HTML slows you down enough to think. That friction is productive.
Benefits
- Intentional Structure: Each element has a semantic reason to exist.
- Lower Cognitive Load: No template indirection layers.
- Performance: Output is lean by default.
A Practice
Try building a page:
- No build tools
- Single CSS file
- Validate with a screen reader
Accessibility is easier when you start from semantics instead of re-adding them later.