Who Else Hand Codes HTML and CSS

My most recent project is constructing a public web application for the Historical Legal Documents kept by the Harris County District Clerk. While writing this public application, it is the first time I've put much thought into cross-browser compatibility, proving to be an interesting challenge.

In this project and others, I've often debated the merits of learning to hand code HTML instead of relying on a WSIWYG visual designers. Saying this, I was happily surprised to see this Q&A from the designer of the NY Times website, Khoi Vinh. They commented that they use text editors to design the site.

It’s our preference to use a text editor, like HomeSite, TextPad or TextMate, to
“hand code” everything, rather than to use a wysiwyg (what you see is what you
get) HTML and CSS authoring program, like Dreamweaver. We just find it yields
better and faster results.

As a hand coding side note, I would also fervently encourage learning to hand code SQL. I find complex queries and roll out scripts would either be severely crippled or not possible without the hand coded SQL knowledge.