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You don't need docker for that. Also if you leave a WordPress for years with auto-updates, the plugins will often be abandoned causing your site to be vulnerable.Not to mention any breaking changes that can be introduced.

A SSG generated site will be the same in 10 years as its today, even if you might need to fix some things with your project to make further updates.

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You basically just said wordpress will bitrot but SSG tools are immune.

He appears to me to have said they bitrot in different ways. Which way is preferable is a matter of priorities.

Reading it again I think his point is that the generated HTML is good enough to spring further work even if you lose the original tool. I can agree with that.

With wordpress you could export it to HTML as a backup but it is an extra step.

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