> For example, I tried and failed multiple times to add a <meta> tag to the head of my index.html file. This theoretically should have been a very simple change.
The thing “they don’t tell you” about static site generators is that you should vendor your site theme. Don’t expect to both get upstream updates and make HTML level changes.
Every month there's a new static site generator invented. Every time I check to see if they handle this type of thing cleanly. Every time I'm disappointed.
Hell, I'd be happy with a decent theme library that actually gets tested and regularly updated.
The thing “they don’t tell you” about static site generators is that you should vendor your site theme. Don’t expect to both get upstream updates and make HTML level changes.