Since I've rolled my own SSG, I wanted it to compile $FORMAT -> HTML directly, so I write fewer bugs :D
I chose Pandoc because it does a reasonably OK job compiling orgmode, _and_ has good support for other formats I use from time to time (e.g. markdown, ASCIIDOC).
Before this, I was using hugo, with a compile cycle similar to your setup, viz. org -> markdown (via ox-hugo), and then hugo did the md -> HTML thing. hugo sort of supports org -> html, but their batteries-included compiler is not very good. Points for trying, though.
I chose Pandoc because it does a reasonably OK job compiling orgmode, _and_ has good support for other formats I use from time to time (e.g. markdown, ASCIIDOC).
Before this, I was using hugo, with a compile cycle similar to your setup, viz. org -> markdown (via ox-hugo), and then hugo did the md -> HTML thing. hugo sort of supports org -> html, but their batteries-included compiler is not very good. Points for trying, though.
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