> I've just started working on a new portfolio site and was wondering if I could skip the Figma/whatever wireframe phase and just use a local WYSIWYG tool for a static page.

Someone above suggested https://bootstrapstudio.io/ which seems to fit the static page use case very well.

> it was usually ruined by a project manager or a developer trying to make something 'look designed' by mimicking some simple, elegant design they saw that was totally inappropriate for the application.

This hits home for me as someone who ruins design to ship faster. I think dev being the gatekeeper for UI can turn out badly when we start cutting corners or inserting our own opinions into the implementation.

I hope giving designers the ability to contribute on the UI side can alleviate this issue.