The hamburger icon was a brilliant solution to a mobile problem: too many links, not enough screen. On a phone it earns its keep. On a 1440px desktop, hiding your primary navigation behind a click is just friction wearing a clever costume.
Every study that has looked at it finds the same thing: visible navigation gets used two to three times more than hidden navigation. If a section matters, show it. Save the drawer for the genuinely secondary stuff, and only when space actually runs out.
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