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Super simple static blog generator, Benjen

Shown by daeken on Mar 17, 2013. Click the card to turn it over.

90points

45comments

#263of 1,739 in 2013

Top 16%of 2013 by points

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2 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.

Execution: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against

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Elegant, single-purpose design
From 1 comment
- I love seeing the source for such elegant single-purpose projects like this. I'm in the middle of writing my own static site generator for Python; it's a bit more feature-rich,…
  cerales on HN

Rmtree on a config parameter could delete all content if misconfigured
From 1 comment
- Seems nice but at first sight the code needs a bit more checks. There is a rmtree on a config parameter that could delete all your content if the tool is misconfigured.
  gbog on HN

Add an RSS or Atom feed
From 1 comment
- Cool. Any plans to add an RSS feed? Your blog is really interesting, so I'd like to subscribe, but I probably won't remember to come back and check it manually.
  graue on HN
Use dashes and lowercase in URLs
From 2 comments
- I recommend you to change the URLs: use dash to seperate words and all lowercase.
  JimWestergren on HN
- Very cool. URLs are a little funky (underscores).
  antidaily on HN

How to handle short URLs without a database
From 1 comment
- Yup. The only problem is with using shorturls (since there no DB object ID to map to).
  kmfrk on HN
How dynamic content is handled on static sites
From 1 comment
- I like the idea of generating as many of our site pages as 'static' as we can. We created our own system for our needs but I am seeing a lot more of this as I look around. What…
  inovica on HN

Jekyll
From 2 comments
- It maybe isn't simple enough for Joe Blow to use (yet?), but I started working on Serif[1] specifically to get away from having to manage the filesystem, without losing the…
  aprescott on HN
- Oh I mean it as a way to know how the language works. EDIT for more information: Being able to write a static blog generator means you have to learn most of the basic skills in a…
  chewxy on HN
Pelican
From 1 comment
- I think the main itch being scratched here, is the problem of templating. Those that grok file systems, might be happy assembling content into an appropriate folder structure,…
  progrock on HN
Octopress and nanoc
From 1 comment
- These days most people prefer spend some time to create thier own static blog generators than use popular products like octopress or nanoc. And that's great.
  forlorn on HN
Serif
From 1 comment
- It maybe isn't simple enough for Joe Blow to use (yet?), but I started working on Serif[1] specifically to get away from having to manage the filesystem, without losing the…
  aprescott on HN
Wakefile
From 1 comment
- Since we're talking about minimalistic static site generators, here's the one I wrote a while back: http://srgpqt.github.com/Wakefile/ It's a 74 line Makefile (or 174 with…
  srgpqt on HN