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Agreed with pretty much everything.

I couldn't agree with the article on almost any point.

One additional point: You can get "mildly dynamic" websites by using services. I have a completely static web site that's 100% on a CDN and that I've written zero lines of code for...but it has a full dynamic comment section due to Disqus integration. My "how many people have visited my page" is handled by Google Analytics. Other similar embedded services can provide many of the most common "mildly dynamic features".

I'm using Astro on a newer project, which allows you to static-generate pages however you like, but also allow you to run just one component as JavaScript, you can, without the inherent danger of running code on a server every time someone hits your web site. For full heavy-dynamic pages, you can render on the server as well. It's a nice compromise IMO.

That and I never want to use PHP again. Especially Drupal. I liked Drupal at first, but I never want to see it again.



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