[jgaa]

> You can serve static data over HTTP

Yes. Just like you can put letters together and form words. It's kind of what it was designed to do.

[fredrikholm]

You'd be surprised talking to the younger crowd.

[FabHK]

Some time ago, a website was posted here (forgot the topic) which consisted of .md files, and a JavaScript library which would then, on the client, render the markdown on the fly.

Why on earth the markdown was not pushed through a renderer so that then the server could serve static HTML is probably a question that only occurs to old timers like us.

[Krutonium]

That specific case sounds like a case of "Because I can and I think it's neat" more than anything.

[Terretta]

https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/directives/templates

https://github.com/caddyserver/website/blob/master/src/docs/...

[oneeyedpigeon]

I also initially misread the tone of the title. It's heavily dripping with sarcasm.