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Back to static with JAMStack: a paradigm shift for better UX and web performance

Boris Schapira on February 23, 2018

For several years now, a new range of solutions have emerged in the web technologies landscape. Static site generators, headless CMS, content infra...
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auct • Edited

Recently i migrated to from free gae to free netlify. Its much simpler to push commits and gets done.
But if I had to make just blog without hosting some files and custom pages I would use blogger.

Im using hugo ssg if someone interested.

I like ssg but the lack of image uploader and a bit advanced nature makes them out of novice league. Great that at last they are in trend.

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Boris Schapira

Have you ever tried to connect a contributing platform to your repo like Forestry.io? That way, you could have all the benefits of an dynamic website for edition and a static stack for delivery…

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I'm ok with current way, just saying that non-tech bloggers will use wordpress anyway.

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Boris Schapira • Edited

I agree, and it was the main intention behind this post: JAMStack is not a new proposal for beginners. It's an architectural choice, for people who understand continuous integration.

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Malcolm Kee

This is very informative! Thanks for writing this

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