This is less of an article, and more of an advertisement for cloudflare..

No, you don't need a CDN for your lightweight static site. nginx and your home fiber gigabit connection will do _JUST_FINE_ (tm), even when slashdotted or getting on frontpage at HN.

Also, just drop the generators and write your html already.. Sure, it's fun to learn a new toy, but in end, any abstraction between your content and the HTML being served is just another link in the chain of things that can break.

Organize your HTML files well, use minimal styling and it becomes quite managable, you literally don't have a technology stack.. just dump the files on ANYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE that has a webserver and a file system, and you're good to go.