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One great thing about these static file generators is that they make it easier to preserve history. You can't just leave Wordpress based blog to linger on your
by hpaavola 14y ago
One great thing about these static file generators is that they make it easier to preserve history.
You can't just leave Wordpress based blog to linger on your server after you have quit blogging. It will occasionally eat all your resources and every once in a while new gaping security holes are found which need to be patched. And if you decide to switch hosting provider, it's a hassle.
With static files all these problems go away and maybe our kids get to see what daddy wrote 30 years ago.
- ibotty 14y ago"With static files all these problems go away and maybe our kids get to see what daddy wrote 30 years ago." is this a good thing?
- pattern 14y agoMy first reading of this interpreted it as a tongue-in-cheek way of saying "Static websites are resilient enough to last for years, for better or worse!" I do agree with the premise in that most dynamic solutions will in relatively short order (~1-2 years?) show signs of their age - be it memory leaks, security breaches, or just lack of flexibility. "Me Too Aside": A few months ago I finally started up my personal blog[1] which uses Hyde[2] (the Python brother of Jekyll) and is served via an S3 bucket. I found it extremely refreshing not to have to worry about yet another web infrastructure to maintain. It's exceedingly easy to update and maintain. [1]: http://www.verdantrefuge.com/ http://www.verdantrefuge.com/ [2]: https://github.com/hyde/hyde https://github.com/hyde/hyde