It depends on the goal. Right now, one thing I definitely wouldn't want to do is write js bullshit by hand - absolutely not.

But if we are talking about personal projects where the aim is to learn complex interesting things, then of course writing code by hand is the only way to actually learn.

I guess antirez agrees with this as well[0].

[0]: https://x.com/antirez/status/2105569301944238403