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No it's not, because your website will not get traction unless you SEO the hell out of it, pay google ads, pay for FB ads, pay some blogger to write about it et

No it's not, because your website will not get traction unless you SEO the hell out of it, pay google ads, pay for FB ads, pay some blogger to write about it etc. It's impossible for a website to be found when the top spots in every search are capped by a few known players. It's easy to make a private web page, but that's not a website. In fact the best time was about 2005, when most current day's media sites started, because it was still possible to be found. The tech you use does not matter. The web is backwards compatible > The first time you see your website instantly update because you made an change in your CMS, it'll shatter your whole Static Site Generated world view. Jesus, we 've had that thing since 1995. What happened?

syshum 5y ago
As I get older I remember more about what the grey breads I learned from would say "everything in tech is a cycle. What we have now will be replaced with something new which was which will be replaced with something old reimagined." If you stay in IT long enough you may see this cycle repeat 3 or 4 times
helmholtz 5y ago
> "...your website will not get traction..." And? Not to be glib, but you need exactly zero readers on your website to have a whale of a time making it. In terms of building a website, the tech is exactly what matters because that is where the fun is. I fully agree with your last sentence though. It's ridiculous to think that only dynamic CMS' allow instant changes. A small static website reloads instantly. Even better, one doesn't even need the internet since you can see the updates localhost!
rchaud 5y ago
> Jesus, we 've had that thing since 1995. What happened? I thought the same thing. I have built several custom WordPress sites, and changing the PHP code and hitting F5 shows me the changes immediately. What world is this where a site needs to re-compile each time a change is made?

syshum 5y ago

As I get older I remember more about what the grey breads I learned from would say "everything in tech is a cycle. What we have now will be replaced with something new which was which will be replaced with something old reimagined." If you stay in IT long enough you may see this cycle repeat 3 or 4 times

helmholtz 5y ago

> "...your website will not get traction..." And? Not to be glib, but you need exactly zero readers on your website to have a whale of a time making it. In terms of building a website, the tech is exactly what matters because that is where the fun is. I fully agree with your last sentence though. It's ridiculous to think that only dynamic CMS' allow instant changes. A small static website reloads instantly. Even better, one doesn't even need the internet since you can see the updates localhost!

rchaud 5y ago

> Jesus, we 've had that thing since 1995. What happened? I thought the same thing. I have built several custom WordPress sites, and changing the PHP code and hitting F5 shows me the changes immediately. What world is this where a site needs to re-compile each time a change is made?