My projects that use static websites

A static website is the last component is a processing pipeline that starts with information edited by me or collected from sources from the internet. Such a pipeline approach is quite different from the (website as user interface) + (services/APIs for data exchange) approach I grew up with. Why and when is it preferable, and how can I use it?

1. The case for static websites
2. Typical architecture for publish-only websites
3. The project architecture