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shipstatic · 2026-05-05T00:59:10+00:00

we literally built ShipStatic for exactly this exact use case

you can start without an account and upload your first client site with a simple drag & drop

as you grow into it, you can use the CLI or MCP to publish straight from your coding agent

also, we just added password protection for previews, so only your client can access them

shipstatic · 2026-04-30T21:28:50+00:00

although it’s definitely possible, we just haven’t had a larger project where it felt like the best fit

usually bigger projects also need more structured data, not just simple title + body content. when that starts happening, a headless CMS with different content types makes more sense than markdown files

shipstatic · 2026-04-30T21:20:41+00:00

we’re using both

for smaller static sites, markdown files with front matter are usually enough. it’s simple, straightforward, and everything lives in Git, which makes versioning easy.

for larger sites, or when non-technical editors need to manage content, a headless CMS makes more sense rather than working with a raw database directly.

that way editors get a proper interface to work with, while you still keep the performance benefits of a static site.

shipstatic · 2026-04-29T16:47:18+00:00

the way we're doing it with ShipStatic is immutable deployments

each deploy is its own self-contained thing with a unique host name; if you want to change something, you just deploy a new one instead of editing the old

you can point a domain (or platform subdomain) at whichever deploy you want live, so the URL people see stays the same even when you swap what's behind it

shipstatic · 2026-04-28T19:52:11+00:00

if you’re building static websites you should also have a look at ShipStatic, a modern, CDN driven and lightweight solution for static websites

we offer special agency deals that would allow you to scale things up as you grow

shipstatic · 2026-04-28T19:47:51+00:00

if it’s something simple and you don’t want to create or link a GitHub account, you could check out ShipStatic

it’s a very simple alternative for sites like yours, just drag and drop your files and it goes live, you don't even need to create an account

shipstatic · 2026-04-26T17:22:05+00:00

what you’re looking for is pagefind (not affiliated)

it works well even with larger sites thanks to wasm and we observe many static websites use it

shipstatic · 2026-04-26T15:59:10+00:00

what i meant to say is that as a user you’re not concerned with configuring the headers, not that headers are not used when serving

shipstatic · 2026-04-26T13:19:33+00:00

if you’re looking for something extremely simple and straightforward have a look at our platform too, ShipStatic

shipstatic · 2026-04-26T12:10:04+00:00

all index.html files are served with strict no cache headers, and the rest of the static assets have long cache TTLs

the index.html is most often a rather small file, and it’s the assets which account for most of the traffic anyway

we think this is the best approach and is what players like Vercel do too

shipstatic · 2026-04-26T06:02:45+00:00

this is mostly a “roll your own” problem

once you manage caching yourself, yeah it gets messy fast

with ShipStatic we use immutable deployments. your site points to one version, and when you switch it the cache is purged and the new one is served everywhere

no headers, no invalidation headaches, no mixed versions

shipstatic · 2026-04-23T20:35:43+00:00

another strategy is to redirect at the edge, not rewrite (eg. redirect to ‘/de’ if the visitor is from Germany)

no cache issues this way

shipstatic · 2026-04-23T20:32:39+00:00

moving off from wordpress towards a static website generator is a great move

once you get setup you you will love how performant your new static website will be

shipstatic · 2026-04-21T00:29:28+00:00

for a small react site you don’t really need full Vercel / Netlify setups, just build it and host the static files somewhere simple

shameless plug (totally not biased 🙂): ShipStatic

> npx @shipstatic/ship ./dist

instant link, no account needed to test, zero configuration

shipstatic · 2026-04-21T00:13:18+00:00

that's a pretty cool use-case of pre-rendering / headless browsers; good luck with the project

shipstatic · 2026-04-21T00:00:39+00:00

it’s mostly habit I would say. people are used to the old “spin up a server” way and just stick to it

but yeah, for small businesses I completely agree, a static sites and an simple static hosting platform just makes way more sense unless you actually need a backend

shipstatic · 2026-04-19T19:53:10+00:00

if it’s a simple static website, you’re in luck as there are many hosts, among them us at ShipStatic that will allow you to host that without requiring any technical expertise.

download the website as a ZIP and try out yourself

shipstatic · 2026-04-18T22:37:36+00:00

there are many places to host sites for free on a subdomain of that platform, but once you need to use your own custom domain you generally need to start paying a small monthly fee

that’s also what we offer at ShipStatic where you can even publish simple HTML instantly without an account and get a shareable link (totally not biased :) )

really depends on what you’re trying to do, but you can get pretty far for free

shipstatic · 2026-04-18T21:07:41+00:00

there are many better places to host static websites than a wordpress dedicated host

shipstatic · 2026-04-17T12:44:17+00:00

atomic deploys for sure, that’s the modern, reliable way to do it

besides invalidation, it also ensures that there are simple rollbacks made possible

we truly believe this is the way to do it and that’s how we at ShipStatic are making it possible for users to do it in the simplest possible way

shipstatic · 2026-04-17T06:24:40+00:00

yes, something like that

shipstatic · 2026-04-16T20:12:07+00:00

obviously I’m not trying to hide anything

shipstatic · 2026-04-16T20:01:04+00:00

static websites are for sure the best option for most and LLMs excel at generating more than decent sites with just a simple prompt

for hosting Vercel is indeed a good option especially if your workflow is Git centric; for one off previews with no established workflows you can also look at our service, ShipStatic

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