This is a nice, refreshing post. Not everything has to be a big deal all the time. Also, there’s a LOT you can do at build time in terms of dynamic content for a simple static site. On my blog it actually renders the HN comments at the end of my post! I took proper care to make sure rapid iteration did not hit the API every refresh (comments are cached for an hour) and it’s also completely free. Obviously truly dynamic things will require a backend, but my needs are super minimal.
Nice. People would probably consider me a bit anti-ai (although I use agents!) but this actually seems like a great use case for AI. A mechanical translation between one old solution to a solved problem to a new solution to a solved problem. I've also been vibe coding CSS and HTML mainly because I hate both of them, and it's been great!
This is a nice, refreshing post. Not everything has to be a big deal all the time. Also, there’s a LOT you can do at build time in terms of dynamic content for a simple static site. On my blog it actually renders the HN comments at the end of my post! I took proper care to make sure rapid iteration did not hit the API every refresh (comments are cached for an hour) and it’s also completely free. Obviously truly dynamic things will require a backend, but my needs are super minimal.
Nice. People would probably consider me a bit anti-ai (although I use agents!) but this actually seems like a great use case for AI. A mechanical translation between one old solution to a solved problem to a new solution to a solved problem. I've also been vibe coding CSS and HTML mainly because I hate both of them, and it's been great!