I use it for my personal site and quite like it. I agree it feels overly complicated, but I like how I can build up the site with react components.

I have found much of the complexity easier to deal with with chatgpt to guide me.

Is there a better alternative that allows me to build a static site using react? One reason I picked Gatsby was so I could include interactive content from observable notebooks such as https://www.robinlinacre.com/energy-usage/