Blog software solved the problem of inconsistent navigational UX, but created another, bigger one by making everything database-powered, server-side and theme-s

Blog software solved the problem of inconsistent navigational UX, but created another, bigger one by making everything database-powered, server-side and theme-specfic. The old way of HTML was 100% portable. Copy your folders, drop em into a new host and voila, your site is up and running. WP is far too heavy for most personal websites. Plus, the second you want to tweak something as simple as a background, the simplicity of HTML and inline styles is gone and you now have to deal directly with the theme template pages, script enqueing and what not.