Yes, I've been moving in this direction as well for personal blogging. Markdown is nicer to write than HTML, especially for lists, but HTML feels workable. Just copy a template to start a new post so you only need to write the content.
I don't think the "edit on GitHub" experience is that great, you can't preview changes in any efficient way. That works ok if you are just writing text, instead of tweaking format.
Yeah for design/format and the like I do it locally - I just use the github "cms" just for new posts which is really just new text on an HTML template.
I did this a couple of months back. I realized that WordPress adds a lot of overhead and a pretty large attack surface, and the only benefit it was giving me was a medium amount of convenience.
In other words, my cost/benefit ratio for WP was very unfavorable, so I ditched it. Right now, I've fallen back to largely static sites that use a minimalist CMS that I wrote over a decade ago. Eventually, I'll settle on a better solution.
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In other words, my cost/benefit ratio for WP was very unfavorable, so I ditched it. Right now, I've fallen back to largely static sites that use a minimalist CMS that I wrote over a decade ago. Eventually, I'll settle on a better solution.