How Gatsby generates your site at compile-time
Josh Comeau’s article on compile-time workflows for static site generators.
As static sites enjoy an incredible resurgence in popularity, I’ve seen a lot of misconceptions around exactly what tools like Gatsby are capable of.
Specifically, I’ve heard from some friends that liked the idea of using Gatsby, but worried that their project was “too dynamic”. Sometimes this meant that they expected to need a database, and other times they were concerned that their site was too interactive.
We’re working on a few Gatsby sites for clients at Unipro, one of which is a large e-commerce site - c. 150,000 store items with a view to doubling that - and I found this article interesting.
Specifically, ’streaming’ data from an app server, and the incremental builds feature that Gatsby are working on right now for their Gatsby Cloud offering. The latter is sure to be a game-changer for large statically generated sites.