The beauty of using a static site generator is that your back end can be completely separated from your front end. You can easily swap it out at any time no questions asked, and that&#39;s exactly what I did with <a href="https://learnbuildteach.com">Learn Build Teach</a>.
I went from markdown files to a true headless CMS in Cosmic for my courses information. The WhyWhy would I want to make this shift you might ask? Well, by completely decoupling my front end and backend, it gives me some flexibility. I have the ability to swap out my backend at any time as I mentioned. But also, it gives me the ability to leverage
that data on multiple different front end applications.&nbsp; Additionally (and this is the big sell for Cosmic), if I am going to have non developers contributing to my content, they get an easy to use GUI to update information. Writing markdown files isn&#39;t extremely difficult, but it certainly can be tricky
for people that are new to it. With Cosmic, anyone with access can easily create/update content in a comfortable environment! <iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Qls5frYlJeI?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

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