I've found a nice middleground to be writing a custom static site generator for each site. They can be quite small (here's one[0] in ~50 lines). Usually it just

I've found a nice middleground to be writing a custom static site generator for each site. They can be quite small (here's one[0] in ~50 lines). Usually it just loops through a directory and turns Markdown files into HTML (with header injected), and syntax highlighting. Also, if you're really committed, you might be surprised how app-like you can make HTML+CSS, using things like checkbox and :target hacks[1]. The UI demoed in the video on this site[2] has no JS. These techniques pretty much require a generator, and there are obviously tradeoffs. [0]: https://github.com/boringproxy/boringproxy.io/blob/master/ssg.js https://github.com/boringproxy/boringproxy.io/blob/master/ss... [1]: https://www.mattzeunert.com/2017/10/30/javascript-free-todo-app.html https://www.mattzeunert.com/2017/10/30/javascript-free-todo-... [2]: https://boringproxy.io/ https://boringproxy.io/