List who changes what
Identify authors, reviewers and administrators. Record how often content changes, whether drafts need private previews, and whether publishing requires scheduling or approval. These are requirements even when the public website is static.
Choose a workflow editors can maintain
Markdown in Git can suit a technical team that already reviews changes in pull requests. A separate CMS may suit editors who need structured fields, media management and browser-based editing. Confirm the integration, preview workflow and build trigger before choosing either approach.
Keep personal responses in a service
A public article can be generated ahead of time. An account balance, private dashboard or personalized checkout needs authenticated application logic. Static delivery can sit alongside those services, but it cannot replace their permissions or data processing.
Plan publishing failures
Decide who can retry a failed build, how editors see errors and how to restore a previous release. Measure the delay between publishing content and seeing it live. Keep credentials out of the generated files.
Make the decision explicit
Write down the editing interface, content owner, preview access, release process and backup method. A generator is only one part of this workflow; fewer runtime components do not eliminate maintenance.