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Because you get first class support for modern JavaScript while staying true to being a static site first.

• pier25 9y ago
  But isn't the point of making a static (.md or html based) site not having to deal with JavaScript in the first place?
  • jamietanna 9y ago
    Usually the term "static site" is regarding no backend language ie PHP, Node, Ruby serving posts out of a database dynamically, but instead being prerendered rather than not having any JS on the front end.p
  • Can_Not 9y ago
    No it's the opposite, static websites are just static files, they work without requiring backends. JavaScript on the front-end is usually static files, but this enables first class support for modern JavaScript while losing nothing else about static websites.