Say you write 10 blog articles. In HTML that's 10 files with some trivial cut & paste. In jekyll that's 10 markdown files and 1 HTML template. Equal time sink for both tasks.
Now you want to add Disqus comments to your blog. In HTML you edit 10 files. In jekyll that's probably 1 plugin. Same with adjusting theme, fonts, recent posts, generating RSS feed, recent Tweets, ads.
Now you want to add Disqus comments to your blog. In HTML you edit 10 files. In jekyll that's probably 1 plugin. Same with adjusting theme, fonts, recent posts, generating RSS feed, recent Tweets, ads.