The End of Eleventy

My point of writing this is that any attempt to monetize the open-source free space of static site generators has failed in the past, and is inherently paradoxical and antithetical.

While I liked the walk down memory lane, I wish he had put this in the title instead. It's a take that is common among OSS enthusiasts but not one that I care to rehash.

SSGs do not have to be inaccessible to non-technical users. In fact Radio UserLand was one of the earliest SSGs and a pioneer of RSS, and Salon.com offered it as a benefit for subscribers to enjoy blogging:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_UserLand

Previously, on Lobsters.

Just found out about this. Built my graphics programming blog and multiple websites with eleventy and had wonderful interactions with Zach. FOSS landscape is becoming tough it seems.