Why I Learned to Code Websites

I didn’t learn web development because I wanted to become a developer. I learned it because I got sick of wasting my time and resources.

For years, every time I had a new idea or project, I had to go through the same painful process: Find a designer. Find a developer. Hope they actually talk to each other. If not, insert a manager into the mix. Then end up managing the manager. Just to get a basic landing page online.

And even then, there was no guarantee the result would be good. Many so-called “web developers” I dealt with were either glorified script kiddies or people who didn’t even code at all — just copied templates and passed them off as their own. I’d send over a design, and what I’d get back was usually broken, bloated, or just plain off. Round after round of revision, over-explaining things that should be obvious, and still ending up with mediocre results.

Meanwhile, I was constantly coming up with new business ideas. Each one needed some sort of internet presence — a landing page, a product teaser, a signup form. Nothing fancy, but enough to validate the idea and show it off. Waiting on someone else to make that happen killed momentum. It slowed me down. So I decided to eliminate the bottleneck.

I learned to code websites.

Now, if I want to test an idea or launch a project, I just build it myself. I can go from idea to online in a day. No waiting, no hand-holding, no explaining my vision to five different people who might still get it wrong.

It’s not about being a full-stack dev. It’s about independence. About execution speed. About getting things done.

And honestly? It’s been one of the best decisions I’ve made.

Of course, I'm not the only one with this problem.

My business partners and friends were in the same position — stuck in the loop of unreliable freelancers, miscommunication, and delays. Once I shared my story with them and showed them the websites I had built, something clicked. They saw the results, trusted my process, and started asking me to create their websites too — both personal and business.

Just like that, they became my first clients.