This feels very much like the tired "the modern internet sucks - the old web with old websites was better!" trope that appears on here regularly.

You can still code the old way just like you can still put up your old website. No one is forcing you to use AI or VS Code or even JavaScript.

Of course you.might not getting those choices at work, but that is entirely different since your paid to do a job that benefits your employer, not paid to do something you enjoy.

Have fun.