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I'd argue that if you build a fully custom site without a theme and without a templating engine like Jekyll, you're doing a ton of tedious error-prone repetitive work yourself. Which would worry me about working with that person who doesn't take advantage of code reuse and automation.
Use the tools available to you. If you want to use a theme (whether Jekyll or not), do that.
If it looks too cliche like a well known theme, then tweak the color and fonts
If you want to use a React quickstart project, do that. You don't have to build from scratch and feel guilty.
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Hey there. Fellow Jekyll site developer here.
I'd argue that if you build a fully custom site without a theme and without a templating engine like Jekyll, you're doing a ton of tedious error-prone repetitive work yourself. Which would worry me about working with that person who doesn't take advantage of code reuse and automation.
Use the tools available to you. If you want to use a theme (whether Jekyll or not), do that.
If it looks too cliche like a well known theme, then tweak the color and fonts
If you want to use a React quickstart project, do that. You don't have to build from scratch and feel guilty.