Why Speed, Stability, and Simplicity Still Win in 2025
Every year brings new design trends, tools, and frameworks. Some stick, most don’t. But over the past decade, a few things have stayed constant — and they’re still the difference between a good website and a frustrating one.
Speed is non-negotiable. People won’t wait for a homepage to load, no matter how nice it looks. Doesn’t matter if you’re on WordPress, custom code, or something in between — performance is either baked in or it’s not.
Stability means more than uptime. It’s about clean structure, minimal dependencies, and knowing your site won’t fall over when traffic spikes or plugins update.
And simplicity? That’s often the hardest one. Designing something that’s easy to use, fast to navigate, and still looks sharp — without weighing it down with unnecessary animations, scripts, or external calls — takes real work.
I’ve rebuilt a lot of sites that looked great but fell apart under real-world use. The fix is almost always the same: strip it back, speed it up, and make it make sense.
Trends will keep shifting, but the basics haven’t changed — and they still do the heavy lifting.
— Dennis Moerman
