I write and maintain content for a living. Switching to a static site generator is the best thing I have done for my productivity since I started that website.

Powerful text editing tools I'm familiar with, source control, fully offline work, and very lightweight tooling that starts quickly (just a python script).

I wrote a bit about the experience here: https://nicolasbouliane.com/projects/ursus

I agree, I had my blog on Django, and the dynamic stuff was just minimal.

Then again, with Django-Distill (linked above), you can get the best of both worlds.