Re: I Built My Own Shitty Static Site Generator
by kayodelycaon on Sunday November 29, 2020 @10:56PM
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Yup. As I mentioned, it's a tool.
But the biggest reason I use Wordpress is I can't handle the friction of treating my website like code. My author hat hates programming and needs a faster feedback loop than flipping back and forth between different windows to see what's happening.
Being able to click Edit, fix a typo, and hit Publish, without any other steps, is what I need.
That's before I get into all of the features Wordpress supports. I installed the JetPack plugin and now I have mailing lists, analytics, monitoring, and a bunch of other things with No Extra Work.
For any website, the complexity has to go somewhere. If you're a programmer with simple needs, an SSG is easier than wrangling an angry kraken like Wordpress.
But the biggest reason I use Wordpress is I can't handle the friction of treating my website like code. My author hat hates programming and needs a faster feedback loop than flipping back and forth between different windows to see what's happening.
Being able to click Edit, fix a typo, and hit Publish, without any other steps, is what I need.
That's before I get into all of the features Wordpress supports. I installed the JetPack plugin and now I have mailing lists, analytics, monitoring, and a bunch of other things with No Extra Work.
For any website, the complexity has to go somewhere. If you're a programmer with simple needs, an SSG is easier than wrangling an angry kraken like Wordpress.