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Don't forget about Netlify coupled with Hugo/Gatsby. It's coupled with Git but it's really really seamless. Uses markdown, free https, built in CDN, large community. Just push to master/whatever and your site gets updated. Also for a blog it's free.

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Now that really makes me want to try it out. I'm using S3 + CloudFront right now to host a React app, would you say Netlify offers advantages over that stack?

I use Netlify for two websites/blogs. It works very well and is pretty fast (they feel faster than the example blogs promoted at the Blot website). It's for free as long as you don't need extra features (that you really don't need for a simple website).

What functionality does Netlify add to a Gatsby project?

Hosting, if I understand the stack correctly.

Ok. You can also host a Gatsby project using github-pages.

From Netlify homepage:

* Deploy to a redundant network of servers with built‑in continuous integration and HTTPS.

* Manage user identity, HTML forms, and even AWS Lambda functions with ease.

* Use your favorite tools for search, payments, commenting, or content management.

I don't think you can do all that using github-pages. Then again I'd need hands-on experience to compare further. Let me try it right now :)

GitHub pages does have HTTPS. I can do HTML forms, search, payments, commenting, and content management without making my project complicated and without Netlify. I was just curious, not trying to argue. For my use case I don't need any of that other stuff from Netlify, but thanks for the details.

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