I chose to create my website with a static site generator. There are three main reasons I am using one instead of a content management system: simplicity, speed, and security.

There are many great technologies available for putting together a personal website; it can be hard to choose which one to use. When I decided to put together this website, I wanted a simple website with a blog, preferably not too time consuming to manage, and with the flexibility to host projects besides the blog. This post is about the options I considered for putting together my website.