Writing HTML by hand is easier than debugging your static site generator (2024)
The article discusses the challenges of using static site generators compared to writing HTML by hand. The author argues that setting up a static site generator can be cumbersome due to varying dependencies and configurations. Ultimately, the piece suggests that maintaining static HTML files may be a simpler and more reliable approach for long-term site management.
- ▪Setting up a static site generator on a new machine can lead to issues due to differing configurations.
- ▪Debugging programming language installations and their package ecosystems adds complexity to using static site generators.
- ▪Maintaining a website as a folder of HTML files allows for easier setup and management.
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Writing HTML by hand is easier than debugging your static site generator As someone who has used a static site generator every day at work for years I am on the threshold of believing “actually just writing HTML by hand is probably easier” This becomes obvious when you eg get a new work machine and need to set up the site generator on the new machine and realize that the exact series of bits you had on disk on the old machine were different than what you can achieve on the new machine.
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