I'm not sure I'd advocate for writing a static site generator, although I'm certainly guilty of writing a few myself.
Instead I always encourage people who are trying to start blogging to do the writing first. Figure out a workflow that works for you - what time of day you prefer writing, what editor, do diagrams naturally come up in your thought stream, etc. It's way easier to get this workflow dialed in when you're doing things locally since the switching cost between solutions is that much lower.
Only when you know that you A) enjoy writing and B) have something worth sharing should you invest the time in translating your workflow to something that can deployed. That might mean writing your own SSG - that might mean just spinning up a wordpress blog.
Instead I always encourage people who are trying to start blogging to do the writing first. Figure out a workflow that works for you - what time of day you prefer writing, what editor, do diagrams naturally come up in your thought stream, etc. It's way easier to get this workflow dialed in when you're doing things locally since the switching cost between solutions is that much lower.
Only when you know that you A) enjoy writing and B) have something worth sharing should you invest the time in translating your workflow to something that can deployed. That might mean writing your own SSG - that might mean just spinning up a wordpress blog.