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+# hello world (from barf.sh)
+
+2023-05-14
+
+Another year, another static site generator.
+
+This time, for the [5th iteration](https://git.dogeystamp.com/dogeystamp/wb5) of the website,
+I'm using [barf](https://barf.bt.ht) to generate it.
+
+Personally, I think the old script I was using, [ssg](https://romanzolotarev.com/ssg.html),
+was really hacky in comparison to barf.
+One of my biggest grudges is how there was no post list on the front page by default.
+Most of the people using ssg (including me) had to write their own messy `sed` contraptions to implement it.
+
+Thankfully, barf implements not only the post list, but also Atom feed generation, which is very convenient.
+
+Other than that, barf excels by being tiny.
+Unlike ssg, the barf script fits in 3 screenfuls of text for me.
+In my opinion, it's much more readable.
+
+The great thing about these two scripts is that migrating my website from one to the other is really simple.
+They both work similarly, so I just needed minor changes to port over my (admittedly few) pages.
+
+Anyways, I'll hopefully write some blog posts soon and fix the remaining dead links on the website.