A static site generator written in POSIX shell

Re:A static site generator written in POSIX shell by lombasihir on Monday January 26, 2026 @03:04AM (#46763006)

why not perl?

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Re:A static site generator written in POSIX shell by oguz-ismail2 on Monday January 26, 2026 @03:11AM (#46763053)

fell out of popularity lately

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Re:A static site generator written in POSIX shell by adityaathalye on Monday January 26, 2026 @05:29AM (#46763944)

Sometimes we are very self-aware, but we still do things just because...

- It is a wee publishing system made of pipelined workflows, optionally driven by streams of file events (for the hotreloadin' bits).

- It will not surprise a Perl/PHP gentleperson hacker from the last century.

- It exists because one whistles silly tunes and shaves yaks.

  - my site maker's README

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Re:A static site generator written in POSIX shell by accrual on Monday January 26, 2026 @10:45AM (#46767062)

Just anecdata, but as someone who first learned HTML/JS/CSS, then PHP, shell, TypeScript, Python, other popular langs... Perl's syntax hurts my brain. :(

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Re:A static site generator written in POSIX shell by lombasihir on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @09:47AM (#46780682)

yup, been there, even the basic perl sigil might be confusing for some people.

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