There are lots of cases where a simple static site generator won't work well. For example: - company intranets which need different editing permissions for dif

There are lots of cases where a simple static site generator won't work well. For example: - company intranets which need different editing permissions for different users - blogs that want a 'subscribe' feature where users can get notified of new posts by email (not via RSS) - blogs that want to allow comments - password-protecting parts of a site A lot of static site generators recommend third party services for some of these features (e.g. Disqus, Mailchimp) - a messy solution that is arguably a worse experience for users who now have to contend with being tracked by third-party sites. We used to have static site generators before WordPress became popular (e.g. Moveable Type). Today's static site generators simply aren't user-friendly. Maybe friendly to the developer, but certainly not to end-users.