I use Hugo, and I have a relatively ergonomic workflow set up where I use iA Writer to write posts on my iPad, then Working Copy to push them to a git repo. Then my server pulls that repo on a cron job, and builds and deploys it. It’s fine. It gets the job done.

But I confess that being able to post a new entry to an API and have it published instantly sure is attractive. If WordPress had a better security track record, I’d be tempted to switch to it. You don’t get much more secure than a bunch of static files served straight from disk, though.

My mother in law is the one writing content for it. She knows Wordpress from working for other companies. In theory I could teach her something new, but why bother? She enjoys what she’s doing now. I don’t want to take away from that.

One killer feature for me aside from usability for less-technical people are comments. While comments are not be necessary for certain types of websites, I consider them essential for anything you might call a blog.

Keeping it updated and backed up is complex. Sqlite can be embedded inside an application (easy updates) and the database backup is a single file.

Zero clicks is better. And less resource usage, which can help on really small instances with multiple applications.

Someone's never seen a WP white screen of death because of some esoteric MySQL error the average person will have no idea how to debug.