> But don't let this convince you that all static site generators must be complex.
Indeed! For example, https://github.com/sunainapai/makesite is a simple and lightweight static site generator written in Python. It can be customized easily by modifying the Python source code and adapting it to one's needs. I like that when I need a new feature, I can add it quite easily by writing a few Python functions. It is meant to be programmer-friendly.
Disclosure: My wife wrote this project. I am just a happy user of the project.
I used ```makesite.py``` as a template for a small site of 100-200 pages that I maintain. It has worked quite well.
The animating idea ("use this as a template but don't be afraid to customize or reinvent certain parts") liberated me from feature-by-feature evaluation of a bunch of complex config/templating systems.
For a small site like mine, getting the content right is the main thing and the site generator should mostly get out of the way. I update the site sporadically and don't want to re-learn a complex templating and config-file system every time I go back to it.
Indeed! For example, https://github.com/sunainapai/makesite is a simple and lightweight static site generator written in Python. It can be customized easily by modifying the Python source code and adapting it to one's needs. I like that when I need a new feature, I can add it quite easily by writing a few Python functions. It is meant to be programmer-friendly.
Disclosure: My wife wrote this project. I am just a happy user of the project.