[dgb23]

Content has to come from somewhere. Operational complexity is increased, not decreased, since you are running a build server in addition to your CMS. The benefit is easier optimizations in the frontend.

[lotyrin]

Yeah, but you're only running your build server some of the time (which is favorable in this era of by-the-second pricing) and you're running it inside a private network where nobody can try to infiltrate it 24/7 for no good reason.

[Cthulhu_]

But you can outsource those (build server, CMS) to e.g. Netlify and Contentful.

But if you don't want that, there's a billion alternatives; the CMS market is one of the most saturated ones out there.

[subpixel]

I actually feel like Gatsby will be developing a CMS to round out their paid feature-set. I have zero-inside knowledge, just a hunch that to get customers to pay up handsomely, the product needs a deeper "fit" in the publishing pipeline.

[bmelton]

Content can come from text files. Operational complexity ought to be neutral (or even negative) if that content compilation step replaces your CI pipeline.