Ask HN: Does a static site need anything more than a simple VM running a server?

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4 years ago

I'm an amateur blogger and programmer, running a custom-made static site on a Linode VM with Caddy [1]. I don't use containers or CDNs or anything fancy; my site generator just spits HTML into a folder and I rsync it to the server.

Do I need anything more than this? Is there some modern technology that is demonstrably better than my workflow? I worry I've been left behind, but I also find containers and other modern obsessions to be overkill for my needs.

Thanks for any and all advice.

[1]: https://caddyserver.com/

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