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		classics2 on March 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Starter Kit for Emergency Websites Can someone explain why I would need a static site generator instead of just writing what I want in html in the first place?

nsomaru on March 23, 2020 [–]

For me maintaining common elements across pages is a reason not to use “just html”

It’s error prone to make changes in the header and footer for example across all pages if you have lots of pages

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