Static generation

Web hosting facilities vary greatly from provider to provider. The ability to run programs and install software is not universally available. Static generation of websites has become more popular with the ability to run small simple virtual machines on the cloud.

The advantages are very clear, there is not maintenance on software or a database to maintain, making the system very secure and also very fast to serve. It is not suitable for all applications, though. Blogging is one where static generation may make sense.