Pelican is a Python powered static site generator, which is useful for blogs or other small static sites. Although a respectable number of Pelican plugins are available - the Node.js/JavaScript ecosystem for build systems is currently much stronger and updated far more frequently.

In this example I'm going to …

After nearly 5 years of using Wordpress to power this blog, I've finally switched to an alternative - Pelican, a Python powered static site generator.

Why the switch? Maintaining a Wordpress site is annoying in the long term. Upgrades are needed on a regular basis for security patches, which is to …