> hackers have always rejected bloated tools [...] Hackers have historically derided any website generators

Ah yes, true hackers would never, say, build a Debian package...

Managing complexity has always been part of the game. To a very large extent it is the game.

Hate the company selling you a SaaS subscription to the closed-source tool if you want, and push for open-source alternatives, but don't hate the tool, and definitely don't hate the need for the tool.

> Please do no co-opt the term "hacker".

Indeed, please don't. And leave my true scotsman alone while we're at it!

Local alternatives don't work, and you know that.