Loving this conversation - interestingly my small clients tend to go with 11ty rather than WP. It’s quicker to get a polished result on a small custom site, there is always the pathway to migrate to a full s later.

I like that a lot, so long as they're not left high and dry with a complex set up. I've done the same for a couple of clients, big fan of @11ty.dev (that's what my site frontend is built in)