That's the exact thought I started my website with. To add to what you said, using an LLM gives a good RoI since you get a minimal scaffolding in minutes and then you can really focus on writing.

My website is a collection of 7,000 or so structured Markdown files "sort of" indexed by SQLite. I've been incrementally fiddling with it for eight years, and it's my absolute favorite pastime. Nothing makes me happier than tinkering with it.