Yeah it’s an old time mentality. Might have been more apt during the gilded age. These days, I haven’t met a small business owner who doesn’t work hard, even the ones who already had money to begin with.

Another instance of “MY OPINION MATTERS AND I WANT TO BE HEARD”

Depends on what you’re trying to accomplish? If you want a basic page that functions as a digital business card, then by all means, save your money and do it yourself.

As soon as you want custom design outside of what the DIY builder can provide, then it’s a decision between the cost of your free time to learn how to do it vs the cost of paying a developer.

If you want any complexity at any level from the server to the browser, complete with digital marketing solutions to help your site rank against your competitors, then you go and do that. Slap that all together with ChatGPT. Show the world that the webdev industry is a farce!