It's not for everyone maybe, but I think handcoding a web site in html and css is less work than doing a comparable site in wordpress. Just text, links and image galleries, and a couple php tags so I can use one menu across all pages.
Maybe I'll think about a way to add a form eventually, but that's not important right now.
I'm pumped about my 1.2 second load time, and that's before I've optimized images.
I told my friend about it and she did not understand the joy this brings. 😆