Having never used a static site generator in anger, can someone explain to me like I'm five what's going on here?
My understanding is that Gatsby is a tool that converts a bunch of markdown files into a static HTML website. Why is slow builds a problem for any static site generator? Why does it need a cloud?
In other words, what problem am I supposed to be having that any of this solves?
Note, I'm trying not to be skeptical here - my company's website is hand-maintained HTML with a bunch of PHP mixed in so I can totally imagine that things may be better. But I don't understand the kinds of situations where using a 3rd party cloud to generate some static HTML solves a problem.
My understanding is that Gatsby is a tool that converts a bunch of markdown files into a static HTML website. Why is slow builds a problem for any static site generator? Why does it need a cloud?
In other words, what problem am I supposed to be having that any of this solves?
Note, I'm trying not to be skeptical here - my company's website is hand-maintained HTML with a bunch of PHP mixed in so I can totally imagine that things may be better. But I don't understand the kinds of situations where using a 3rd party cloud to generate some static HTML solves a problem.