The title is provocative. While CMS systems will never truly die—designing them has been my work for years—for many of us, they have become a burden that distracts from the content itself. For blogging, I have tried everything from WordPress to Blogger, but I have found that static HTML is more than sufficient for my needs.
I discovered Jekyll, a powerful Static Site Generator (SSG), by chance. My productivity skyrocketed: I no longer need to be online to write, I can focus entirely on the content, and hosting static sites is incredibly cost-effective.