After hitting workflow friction and editing inertia with my Zola/Rust static site, I migrated back to a CMS. Wagtail won out due to Python/Django familiarity and needing backend features beyond static generation—a pragmatic shift. This post details the rationale, the Hetzner/Cloudflare/Tailscale stack, and why SSG limitations became too costly.
After hitting workflow friction and editing inertia with my Zola/Rust static site, I migrated back to a CMS. Wagtail won out due to Python/Django familiarity and needing backend features beyond static generation—a pragmatic shift. This post details the rationale, the Hetzner/Cloudflare/Tailscale stack, and why SSG limitations became too costly.