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Jamstack lists 322 static site generators plus there are probably many homemade solutions using standard unix tools etc. I am wondering if there are any unique

Jamstack lists 322 static site generators plus there are probably many homemade solutions using standard unix tools etc. I am wondering if there are any unique selling points not yet covered by less than a dozen projects. Fast compilation and zero dependencies seems no fit to that category. Do not get me wrong, I really appreciate the creativity and variety of open solution, I am just wondering what it needs to get highly ranked on HN. In this case, it is because of the "Rust" keyword?

SiempreViernes 6y ago
I think its because of the javascript problem: every second user of a product gets invested enough in the problem space they can't resist making just one tiny modifications. Then six weeks later there they are, editing a video for the homepage of their own project that does the same as the first product but in "their own voice".
ibraheemdev 6y ago
What "Rust" keyword? The word "Rust" is not included in the title, or anywhere on the home page.
- endisneigh 6y ago
  https://www.getzola.org/documentation/getting-started/overview/ https://www.getzola.org/documentation/getting-started/overvi... You're right that it's not mentioned, but Zola is written in Rust. Perhaps others already knew of this?
  - ibraheemdev 6y ago
    I really doubt it. (sigh, even if you don't mention Rust anywhere, people always bring this up)
southerntofu 6y ago
> any unique selling points Super fast. Simple for most usecases. Integrated feed support (Atom). Good-enough translations system. These points may be true for other SSGs as well, but they're personally why i ended up using zola.
brabel 6y ago
As someone who authored one of thoses 322 SSGs, I wonder the same thing :) It's just a really fun project to work on, quite easy to get something working and the result, even if it sucks, is almost immediately useful for anyone who needs a SSG. It may suck but you know exactly how it works. Some of us get too excited and actually end up making something other people also want to use.

SiempreViernes 6y ago

I think its because of the javascript problem: every second user of a product gets invested enough in the problem space they can't resist making just one tiny modifications. Then six weeks later there they are, editing a video for the homepage of their own project that does the same as the first product but in "their own voice".

ibraheemdev 6y ago

What "Rust" keyword? The word "Rust" is not included in the title, or anywhere on the home page.

endisneigh 6y ago
https://www.getzola.org/documentation/getting-started/overview/ https://www.getzola.org/documentation/getting-started/overvi... You're right that it's not mentioned, but Zola is written in Rust. Perhaps others already knew of this?
- ibraheemdev 6y ago
  I really doubt it. (sigh, even if you don't mention Rust anywhere, people always bring this up)

southerntofu 6y ago

> any unique selling points Super fast. Simple for most usecases. Integrated feed support (Atom). Good-enough translations system. These points may be true for other SSGs as well, but they're personally why i ended up using zola.

brabel 6y ago

As someone who authored one of thoses 322 SSGs, I wonder the same thing :) It's just a really fun project to work on, quite easy to get something working and the result, even if it sucks, is almost immediately useful for anyone who needs a SSG. It may suck but you know exactly how it works. Some of us get too excited and actually end up making something other people also want to use.