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title: Hakyll
date: 2013-10-19
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I decided to check out [Hakyll](http://jaspervdj.be/hakyll). It is a static
site generator written in [Haskell](http://haskell.org). It seems to be very
flexible. It allows me to write the content in a boat load of different formats
(`.html`, `.rst`, `.markdown`, …).

## Static sites

I don't feel I have a need for dynamic content at the moment. And if I do need
dynamic content, I can make a *web app* for it and configure *nginx*
appropriately. For example, if you click on the picture of [Mario](/) you should
hear a sound. This uses websockets - all visitors should hear the same sound at
(approximately) the same time.

I find static site generators appealing. They can help with the tedious parts of
creating a web site - Creating indices, templating, balancing start- and end
tags, and so on.

## Haskell

Haskell is a *pure, lazily evaluated, functional programming language*. I have
some prior experience with Haskell, but I have never been a big fan of the
language. I think it's partly because I never really started using Haskell for
anything but toy programs.

I like Hakyll so far.