I tried to use WordPress with GitHub Pages
So, yes, Wordpress is a nightmare.<p>But no, static site generator plus headless CMS is not the answer, regardless of how many comments here enthusiastically say so.<p>I’ve been down the static site generator rabbit hole for the past 7 years...and realized they aren’t really well suited for anything other than tiny developer blogs that don’t ever get updated (dev writes his occasional post in VScode)—-or, giant company marketing sites that get hooked up to enterprise-y headless CMS products like contentful.<p>If you’re somewhere in between, I’m starting to think Webflow is the answer. In fact, I’ve started moving all my side project marketing sites&#x2F;blogs over to them and couldn’t be happier.<p>The problem with [insert static site generator] + [insert headless CMS] is that getting off the ground is a massive pain in the ass.<p>If you’re trying to set up a static site for your side project, let me give you a preview of what your next couple of weeks will look like:<p>First you have to pick a SSG. There goes a day of research. Then pick the next hot CSS framework (of course, you shouldn’t waste your time on this, but you will). Tailwind! Sick! Then setup a build process. Then troubleshoot the inevitable issues. Fixed. Then setup a git repo. Then hook the repo up to Netlify. Then hook up continuous deployment. Then get the domain. Then configure the domain to talk to Netlify. Then realize your hot new SSG doesn’t do any SEO stuff for you. Setup xml sitemaps. Generate proper tags &amp; structured data. Then you have to create the actual site. Realize your CSS framework is overkill. You’re already a week in. Optimize for breakpoints. Cool. Almost ready. Now let’s write some content. Shit, I’m never going to write if I have to fire up my code editor each time. Look into headless CMS options. There goes a day of research. Pick one. Now Setup models in the CMS. Try to figure out how to hook it into your git repo and trigger deployments to Netlify. Realize the UI of the headless CMS you picked is clunky. Never actually write any content. Forget how you even set everything up. Get frustrated. You haven’t even hooked up any analytics or email signup capability yet. Give up.<p>On Webflow I’ve managed to cut the previous paragraph down by about 80%.