Static site generators vary greatly in complexity. I typically use a Makefile or Bash script that calls Pandoc for all the markdown pages. Also, writing html by

Static site generators vary greatly in complexity. I typically use a Makefile or Bash script that calls Pandoc for all the markdown pages. Also, writing html by hand is not really necessary in any circumstance. You can write the markdown directly in the html files, use a CDN for markdown conversion, and you're done. The author is referring to a particular generator, which I agree can be a ridiculous process.