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by gotchange 3835 days ago
I'm really suffering from an acute case of Analysis Paralysis when it comes to Static Site Generators. The offerings on the market are overwhelming and you don't know which one to pick, do you go with an incumbent or mainstream like Jekyll with a huge selection of functionality at your disposal or go for the underdog and minimal one offering just the basics or just build your own framework and adapt to the evolving needs of your projects over its lifetime.

If you're thinking that the scene of MVC JavaScript frameworks resembles more of the good ol' days of the Wild Wild West, wait to see how things are currently like on the SSG front.

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i had this problem a week ago- ended up building an ultra-low-frills low-dependency one in an afternoon just a few weeks ago. Seems silly - i am pretty sure with sufficient time investment i am better off learning how to use popular frameworks (because learning how to use frameworks will make me better at learning how to use frameworks).
I'm in the same situation. I think I'm going to go with Pandoc + make and escape SSGs altogether.