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So it's Jekyll, but in Python, with the added benefit of... what exactly? Deploying on a CDN is a one line shell script. Maybe I'm missing something. There see
by mekkkkkk 6y ago
So it's Jekyll, but in Python, with the added benefit of... what exactly? Deploying on a CDN is a one line shell script. Maybe I'm missing something.
There seems to be a lot of static site generators being advertised nowadays. Is it because none of the big ones are feature complete? Or is it just a fun/easy thing to do as a hobby project?
- softwaredoug 6y agoI think the latter. And users of static site generators like Jekyll tend to like to tinker a lot within Jekyll. It’s a natural transition to try and build your own.
- ulisesrmzroche 6y agoI think it’s the same “build your own blog” project we all share only with modern tools and architecture. Shout-out to the ancient “Staticmatic” Ruby gem, first open-source project I even contributed to, and still got the best name
- nerdponx 6y agoThere has been a glut of SSGs out there for years. I think the most popular/mature Python-based one is called Pelican. It's a case of them all being slightly opinionated, and it's relatively easy and fun to make your own that suits your own needs.
- ivanhoe 6y agowell, it certainly doesn't hurt to have more to choose from. It's been a popular subject, so people are coming up with their own approaches. Time will filter out those worth the attention.
- jjjbokma 6y agoFor me the latter. I wrote a static microblog generator [0] for my own site [1]. There is both a Perl and a Python version. I wrote the latter to learn more about Python. [0] https://github.com/john-bokma/tumblelog https://github.com/john-bokma/tumblelog [1] https://plurrrr.com/ https://plurrrr.com/