This is an article about speeding up your static site build, not speeding up your page load.
If you are using netlify it doesn't matter how long your build is. Once the build is finished the server gets switched.
I think other static site hosters will have a similar setup.
Hugo is fast but you should be prepared to learn Go. If that is not something you want to do, stick with a static site generator in a language that you know.
This is an article about speeding up your static site build, not speeding up your page load.
If you are using netlify it doesn't matter how long your build is. Once the build is finished the server gets switched.
I think other static site hosters will have a similar setup.
Hugo is fast but you should be prepared to learn Go. If that is not something you want to do, stick with a static site generator in a language that you know.
I don't know Go, but I'm using Hugo for 1 year now...