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You lost me at "plugins" I'm afraid. I looked into ways to mix in React + TypeScript into both Hugo and Jekyll and it just seemed like an uphill battle. Based on my criteria (which I'm realizing aren't very popular on HN!) the best approach is to build everything "React-first" with Markdown mixed in, instead of the other way around.

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> You lost me at "plugins" I'm afraid.

Plugins are optional. If you used Webpack directly to manage your static files you could just tell Jekyll to load them from whatever directory Webpack outputs them to and then you can build your SPA to render blog posts however you see fit.

If you're using React you would want to use a native Webpack config right? This way it works anywhere, and isn't tied into any specific static site generator.

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