I&#x27;ll typically make a fairly simple template by &#x27;hand&#x27; in my editor, then port it to Jekyll or WordPress or something else like that.<p>As far as writing + deploying a simple HTML site, it&#x27;s been 2-3 months since I&#x27;ve done that, if only because no one I contract with or work with wants to spend the time or money on me hand-writing and pushing a site-- templating it and then generating the rest of the site is at least a little quicker than that, and still doesn&#x27;t come with the burden of using a backend language.