> I want to eliminate dependencies completely and go back to a simpler time Exactly. I just want to do pure html/js/css and edit in vim or emacs. For my person

> I want to eliminate dependencies completely and go back to a simpler time Exactly. I just want to do pure html/js/css and edit in vim or emacs. For my personal and/or blog I don't want (or need) a db to power it. Just a simple static site (i'm actually in the process of putting together a very simple static site generator that will allow you to stick components like headers, footers etc that won't require any coding for the user)