"But it's surprisingly challenging to publish books on the web in nice, cohesive, tight, easy-to-navigate HTML format." Quarto is one great option for doing that today. Bonus: it can also generate EPUBs and PDFs, all from one set of source files. https://quarto.org/ It's free and open source. https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli https://jjallaire.github.io/hopr/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 days ago

I've used Quarto[1] to build a personal blog and it has been really easy and straightforward. Especially if you want to run some code alongside the post (like Python, R, or Julia). As far as I know, you can also use it to write books and presentations. [1]: https://quarto.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 15 days ago

> Interactive examples have been added to the documentation, allowing users to run the examples locally on embedded Jupyterlite notebooks in their browser. This might sound strange, but to me this is the most exciting thing listed in the update document. I've been looking for ways to include _interactive_ Python scripts on static webpages (such as those made using Jupyter Book [1] or Quarto [1]. Up to now the only... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

Deckset was the OG in this space, which I used a decade (!) ago in college. Looks like they moved off the Mac App Store, and are bringing out an iOS app now: https://www.deckset.com Now I much prefer something like https://quarto.org with dataviz. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

To mirror another comment: I really like the concept and will give it a try. As an alternative, I want to suggest [Quarto](https://quarto.org) - somewhat similar, easy to use, one might even call it "basic" (I mean that in a good way!) 7/5 ^^. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

Nue with a content-first approach might work: https://nuejs.org/ No templates yet so the "looking good" part requires CSS skills. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

OP here. Perhaps check Nue [1] — a static site generator I'm working on full-time. It offers some unique feats like universal hot-reloading of content, style, layout, and reactive components. [1]: https://nuejs.org. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

Home page explains it better https://nuejs.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

I'm building Nue [1] so I'm super curious to know how HN builds their sites and what the current state of affairs is. [1]: https://nuejs.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago