I didn't mention it to impress. I mentioned it to make a point.
But feel free to do it yourself.
- Design & plan a new website
- Code it without a template (Vue/React) & make it responsive
- And do it all within 3-4 days (because that was the deadline it had to be ready for Hive fork/launch)
I doubt you have any idea how much sweat people put into Hive before launch to make the deadline of the fork.
I can outsource it for 500$, possibly less, and have it ready in 48 hours. End result will probably be better. Big deal.
It will be a template and it won't be customizable.
No and no.
hmmmm would be a wordpress website not enough? I don't want to blame you, its only because I don't see a disadvantage :)