A Hand-Maintained Sitemap Block Kept New Pages Out of the Sitemap for a Full Day
Two pages went live and were linked in navigation, but never appeared in sitemap.xml, because the generator had a hardcoded list somebody had to remember to update.
Proof
A Link Audit Found 17 Broken Links Across the Portfolio That Every Status Check Had Missed
Every page returned HTTP 200 while 17 hardcoded template links pointed at routes that did not exist. A purpose-built audit surfaced them in one pass.
Three Sites Shipped With Another Site's Branding Because the Find-and-Replace Missed One Folder
Sites built by copying a sibling shipped with the source site's name, headings, and CTA links baked into their templates. Every route returned 200.