> > an entirely blank page

> That's only true if you use 'view source'. If you open up > dev tools, all of the elements are rendered in full and > live updated as they change.

If one attempts to view the demo with client side javascript turned off - one gets a completely blank page. The very point to a static site generator is the word "static" which is generally taken to mean that the actual rendering of the content requires only HTML rendering (no javascript (or php or ??) code execution, server side or client side).