I have a bit of an internal struggle here. I use a site generator too but I struggle with the question, should I? I recently wrote about why I’m writing pure html and CSS in 2025.
https://joeldare.com/why-im-writing-pure-html-and-css-in-202...
https://joeldare.com/why-im-writing-pure-html-and-css-in-202...
EDIT: Well perhaps the "build steps" one, but building my Hugo site just involves me running "hugo" in my directory.
See “Static Sites” section. And realize that DNS caching your pages is essentially making your site “static”.