Build your own static site generator (2017)

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The pipeline of promises/maps nicely separates the operations.

Also, writing your own static site generator is kind of fun! Did so for my tiny site (https://ahuth.github.io). Source code is at https://github.com/ahuth/ahuth.github.io, and the static site generator is under scripts/build.

Cool! I am thinking it would be a good idea to write a short follow-up post highlighting the other approaches people have taken here. There are definitely many people who decided it was simpler just to write their own script.

One thing I see as a benefit is that you can generate unique looking web pages that aren't nearly as bulky as one gets by using most of the popular CRMs out there. I guess that's actually two things. But they are really good things to have together.

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