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static site generator
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
10 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 21 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score -0.15.
Performance: 0 for, 10 againstExecution: 3 for, 7 againstIdea: 6 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever idea, works as graceful degradation for no-JS and text browsers
From 3 comments
What a great idea, I'm really impressed with the cleverness and execution. A few thoughts and questions for you (you may have already thought of/know about): - Have you thought…
chavesn on HNAt first I balked because I positively hate frivolous use of javascript and in fact browse with noscript and only a few sites allowed, but then I realised something. This is…
anon4 on HNI guess the only downside is that if your client has NoScript, they just see the raw Markdown. With HTML if the client has a text based browser things like links, images, etc…
joshvm on HN
Good for simple blogs and hosting on limited static hosts
From 2 comments
This is a great idea that might be useful on free hosts that only allow static pages but I don't think that I would use it otherwise.
Istof on HNThis is a fantastic little toy project! Thanks for showing me. I'm thinking about building this into something for hosting on servers with extremely limited CPU, such as an RPi.
mplewis on HN
Objections
Client-side rendering is slower and burdens low-end devices and mobile
From 3 comments
Another neat show of letting the client deal with the rendering. From the example[1]: "You see, there is really no need for the server to generate anything for simple…
randomdrake on HN> A server should serve. I to think too much front-end magic will slow down a site. > However, I actually created this on that dual-core laptop you are talking about. Right,…
randomdrake on HNI think the "edge case" here is "many if not most mobile connections" - not everyone has LTE and even among those who do, it's a highly variable experience. In addition you are…
GrinningFool on HN
Flash of unstyled content before JavaScript renders the page
From 2 comments
I think the idea is pretty neat, but the flash of unstyled content before the js kicks in really ruins it for me.
dyadic on HNThis is an awesome idea, and looks like it is very well executed. I have two suggestions: - Add some sparse html tags (i.e. a basic doctype/body), which can help with search…
gramsey on HN
Not truly static when output relies on JavaScript
From 1 comment
If there's javascript in the output, it's not really static is it?
partomniscient on HN
Requests
Add doctype and title tags for validity and search engine parsing
From 2 comments
Interesting, I wonder do search engines crawl pages like this? You'd need to add at least a `doctype` and `title` for this to be valid HTML5 (not that it necessarily matters for…
davej on HNThis is an awesome idea, and looks like it is very well executed. I have two suggestions: - Add some sparse html tags (i.e. a basic doctype/body), which can help with search…
gramsey on HN
Support for templates and footer/header customization
From 1 comment
What a great idea, I'm really impressed with the cleverness and execution. A few thoughts and questions for you (you may have already thought of/know about): - Have you thought…
chavesn on HN
Questions
Do search engines crawl pages that rely on JavaScript rendering?
From 1 comment
Interesting, I wonder do search engines crawl pages like this? You'd need to add at least a `doctype` and `title` for this to be valid HTML5 (not that it necessarily matters for…
davej on HN
What about accessibility?
From 1 comment
What about accessibility?
BHSPitMonkey on HN
Alternatives named
Jekyll and Octopress
From 2 comments
I'm fine with octopress but if I had to change to another static site generator I'd probably go with 'Go' due to speed improvements.
atmosx on HNDang it, I was hoping for a 'pick your features & download your customized version of jekyll'! I guess that would be a static site generator generator...
j_s on HN
Other static site generators listed at staticsitegenerators.net
From 1 comment
Static Site Generators seem like the Twitter client of today (which itself has been the "Hello, World!" of Web 2.0) Here is a site that compares 270 of them:…
scorpion032 on HN
Docstore by haldean
From 1 comment
I made a less-tricky, less-cool thing like this[0] and I still use it on my site today. It's really great to not have to recompile markdown or do anything other than a git-push…
haldean on HN