[somat]

I agree.

I don't mean to say you should not share it. You constructed something good, you feel pride in your device, by all means share it with the world.

However static site generation is one of those simple fun rewarding types of program to make. The programing is straight forward, the results are linear with the input, that is, there is not a huge amount of boiler plate you have to wade through to see anything. Basic batch data transformation like this is the perfect environment to metaphorically "putter around in the workshop"

Nothing wrong with using someone else's, but really, you should write your own.

[lxgr]

These are all good arguments why somebody can write their own (unlike e.g. rolling your own crypto), but aren't convincing me at all as to why I should.

I've used a static site generator myself to host a blog, and I've been pretty happy with it, yet I've never felt the need to write one myself even for a single second.