It is ironic because the real deep reason we share our thoughts is because we want them to stand out!

Databases are indeed good at storing millions and billions of things and they are designed for it.But no human being is individually capable of creating content that really justifies a "dynamic programming oriented query plan generation" each time someone wishes to access his thoughts!

tl;dr My argument is that static site generation for personal blogs is common sense!

Sure. My counter-argument is that for multi-tenant hosting like tumblr where millions of people keep their personal blogs, keeping posts in a database is common sense because they're a known quantity. Backup strategies, optimization techniques, operations procedures are all well known and battle tested.

Also, creating content using a web-based editor that saves to a database is very easy for not-so-technical people to wrap their minds around. Static site generators? Not so much.

Yes sites like tumblr definitely make sense...My argument is against running your self-hosted personal blog with an SQL server! And of course...my argument is for the technical people only....perhaps someone among us can make a static content generation solution for everyone!

But for the majority of people constructing the html\css to do that is a chore\"impossible". Storing it into a database and providing a simplistic word editor to write up new things is the easiest way. Storing the information in a db just allows it to happen easily.