How do I hire Dan Heselton?

Submit a project inquiry at https://danheselton.com/start with your project type, budget, timeline, and goals. Email dan@danheselton.com works too. Typical reply: 24 to 48 business hours.

Where does Dan Heselton work?

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and remote clients across the United States.

When should I use Webflow vs React?

Webflow for editor-friendly marketing sites. React/Next when you need application behavior. Hybrid is fine when ownership of each surface is clear.

Are you only a Webflow developer?

No. I am a certified Webflow ACE partner and I build custom front-ends in React, Astro, Next.js, and related tools. The stack follows the project.

Decision guide

Webflow vs custom code: name the boundary early.

Use Webflow for marketing sites your team will edit. Use React, Astro, or Next.js when product logic, auth, or complex integrations outgrow a visual CMS. I am a Webflow ACE partner and a custom-code developer—so the recommendation follows the brief.

False stack debates waste proposals. The useful question is what must never break, who publishes, and where native CMS work stops.

When each option wins

Option

Wins when

Watch for

Webflow

Marketing site, CMS editing, embeds and light integrations.

Pretending an app is a brochure site.

Custom front-end

Product UI, auth, complex state, design systems that ship as code.

Building a CMS the client will never touch.

Hybrid

Marketing in Webflow, product elsewhere—or custom site with a headless CMS.

Two systems with no clear ownership of content.

Webflow wins when

You need repeatable marketing pages, a CMS your marketers will use, and performance that is good enough without standing up a front-end build pipeline for every content change.

Custom code wins when

You need authentication, role-based tools, multi-step product flows, or integrations that behave like software—not pages. Then React/Next (or similar) with a structured backend is the honest answer.

Questions

Straight answers, no sales script.

01When should I use Webflow vs React?

Webflow for editor-friendly marketing sites. React/Next when you need application behavior. Hybrid is fine when ownership of each surface is clear.

02Are you only a Webflow developer?

No. I am a certified Webflow ACE partner and I build custom front-ends in React, Astro, Next.js, and related tools. The stack follows the project.

Next step

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