I use Pelican for my personal site as well, and to me the big advantage is not performance, but security and easy of hosting. A static site has basically no att

I use Pelican for my personal site as well, and to me the big advantage is not performance, but security and easy of hosting. A static site has basically no attack surface, and can be hosted on free or cheap hosts like Github Pages or http://www.nearlyfreespeech.net http://www.nearlyfreespeech.net. Of course, your concern is valid: I don't think anyone recommends using a static content generator except for sites that consist primarily of static content. Obviously if you want richly dynamic content, a static site generator is not for you. On the other hand, if your site is primarily static, why use a dynamic system that introduces additional overhead?