Static site generators are super passe in 2026, but I spent the last couple of days on mine. https://get-taxus.org
Big re-factoring, I have a data model now and am closing functionality gaps with Zola and the like. Also, I wanted actual documentation. No one else seems to care about that.
Check it out! I'd appreciate someone other than me banging on it.
First off, in actually using Zola or Hugo, there really is minimal difference in syntax, and I really have to squint to see whether there is stylistic input from their host languages.
Second, people should use the tools they want to to get the job done. If they already know Hugo, and they want to create a blog, it's fine that they use Hugo.
Finally, the bigger decision that the blogger seems to be trying to make is to avoid LLMs in writing, which I admire, and IMO is the far more important technology choice in making their blog.
Use right tools! don't be a die hard fan of any language.
However, I used many tech stacks including Hexo navy theme, Docusaurus, Docsy but ended up creating my own setup with Hugo. If you can see, in the project it's more or html/css that can be used with any builder.
I guess I'm of the wrong mindset that when trying to teach a language, it helps to do all the things in said language, because then you've got lots of fodder to write about and explain other people's code, pointing at your own use case as examples.
As I said, I'm clearly in the weird minority on this one and should have kept my damn trap shut. We are all free to make our own choices.
I suppose too I was coloured by my hatred of Hugo. :)
If anything, I’m less likely to trust learning materials from someone who refuses to consider other languages, especially if they go so far as to avoid using tooling unless it’s written in a specific language.
It’s founded in Rust and incorporates a Deno runtime for extensions.
It’s headless now, via JSON-RPC. I’ve got the basics of a trait based system which will enable different frontends. At the moment, I’ve created an extension for `pi` which allows me to use that as the frontend.
Let me know when you get binaries building or if you need any help on it. I have several Rust agents running in my other projects, but would love to add support for your project in Nemesis8, an agentic coding orchestration tool. Details in my profile.
It's inspired by Zola, but has better documentation and will hopefully be more approachable when all is said and done. I'm trying to incorporate WebAssembly, with Yew, to give "islands" for high performance stuff you might want where WebAssembly makes sense. For example, I wrote search from the ground up, and built a search widget using Yew.
You can also just write JavaScript if you want.
It's a total work in progress, but I'm enjoying what I've built so far.
About an hour ago I was dismissed as AI slop on the r/rust Reddit. Whatever.
This tool is my line of defense in case `trunk` goes dead, which it seems to be increasingly likely. It helps me build fullstack sites using Actix Web and Yew.
Using it now to see if I can re-invent my blog site for the umpteenth time. :)
Big re-factoring, I have a data model now and am closing functionality gaps with Zola and the like. Also, I wanted actual documentation. No one else seems to care about that.
Check it out! I'd appreciate someone other than me banging on it.
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