And if you already knew how to write/make HTML you'd for sure already know all of that too.
I don't always have a server available to host an HTTP+FTP server on. Or want to pay for one, or spend time setting one up. I can trust that Github Pages will have reasonable uptime, and I won't have to monitor it at all.
> And if you already knew how to write/make HTML you'd for sure already know all of that too.
This seems unnecessarily aggressive, and I don't really understand where it's coming from.
BTW, you can absolutely host plain HTML with Github Pages. No SSG required.
That's a completely false statement. My kid took very basic programming classes in school which covered HTML so they could build webpages, which is a fantastic instant-results method. Hooray, now the class is finished, he wants to put it on the web. Just like millions of other kids who couldn't even spell FTP.
No it wasn't. Seriously, where?
a) git pull & push for updates
b) good enough CDN distribution, sometimes interactive examples/project page loads tons of files
c) good enough security promises of the entire platform/infra
d) good enough serviceable time, we do not need 99.9999SLA but better not down often
e) have generous free tier
f) great DX & UX, this one is small but small headache adds up quickly