[aidenn0]

> It depends on your needs, some use a templating language (like Handlebars, Nunjucks, Pug, etc), others might write a script to build the site

That sounds an awful lot like a static site generator to me?

[_xivi]

> That sounds an awful lot like a static site generator to me?

Right? They didn't abandon the concept, they just picked a solution that better fits their needs. Less headache, less abstraction, and less surprises overall.