Though saying “handmade pasta” brings to mind exclusivity and perfection I personally find dried pasta to be more than good enough. The only 2 considerations are that handmade pasta taste like “Angle hair” and is much softer (and therefore lacks the Al-Dente feel) which can be a plus or negative depending on the dish and the other consideration being you can add additional ingredients such as spinach or ink to color the pasta.
It is relatively easy to make just takes time and effort which may be hard to justify when dried pasta is just a couple dollars.
Below is my squid ink pasta used in a separate dish where I use cuttlefish ink to dye to pasta black.
