WizardApr 15, 2020

Hugo-style static blog generators vs wordpress style blogging software is an unimportant implementation detail.

Emacs and files vs text boxes and relational database; in either case you're editing abstract "content" which is turned into HTML by an opaque and possibly Byzantine process which is difficult for most users to understand and control.

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Show threadRenato RamondaApr 15, 2020
@wizard the big difference is that static content is faster, doesn't rely on a backend that can (will) break, and is much, much harder to hack (if not impossible, it depends on how much dumb javascript you include... ideally none)
Show threadRenato RamondaApr 15, 2020

@wizard ...can't SQL Inject something that doesn't have SQL, and can't run shellcode on a broken interpreter or cgi if you don't have an interpreter or cgi.

Surface area reduction. :)

(that said, I have a wordpress blog and a static 1-page hugo website)

Show threadWizardApr 15, 2020
@renatoram Implementation details!
Show threadRenato RamondaApr 15, 2020
@wizard not to a sysadmin and/or infosec guy, no 😊
Show threadWizardApr 15, 2020
@renatoram they're implementation details that happen to matter to a sysadmin and/or infosec guy, is all. :)
Show threadWizard
@renatoram So I guess "unimportant" in my initial post is relative. Not unimportant to everyone.
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