I mean... I used to do that back in 1997. Before I wrote a perl script that would generate my site from a bunch of text files. My script would also ftp the file

I mean... I used to do that back in 1997. Before I wrote a perl script that would generate my site from a bunch of text files. My script would also ftp the files but that was replaced by rcp. The benefit was making sure the links all worked and common page elements like the site navigation, header, and footer were all consistent. Many folks in that era would use an IDE like HomeSite, FrontPage, and DreamWeaver... these would have template features that you would generate your site from. These tools were very much like using my script only slow and expensive. I do get where the author is coming from though. There are some static site generators that pack more features and require more configuration than a space command centre. I don't get the appeal of those. The key is to keep it as simple as possible.