I've tried quite a bit of solutions to manage my website for decades. The solution closest to the OP was a plain HTML plus postprocessor (PHP, but only at the p

I've tried quite a bit of solutions to manage my website for decades. The solution closest to the OP was a plain HTML plus postprocessor (PHP, but only at the preamble to set up the output buffer). I managed to put some hundreds of posts in that system but eventually gave up because it was a pain to read, not write. I desperately needed to read the work in progress to manage my narrative and I couldn't do that with HTML. An HTML editor was not an option because, in addition to being PHP, custom elements to be postprocessed couldn't be easily visualized in conventional HTML editors. I had since went through (more than one) wiki, a custom Python server, m4 and make scripts and several SSGs. (My latest website uses Hugo.) Nowadays however I don't really care; as long as I can read that damn thing I can write anything I want. Do not pursue the perfect website solution; pick a working one, stick to it and don't look back. If it means a plain HTML, so be it.