Caching or generating?

[eluser]xwero[/eluser]
The pain point is indeed only being dependent on actions. if the design changes for example you have to write a script to update all the files for the change to have effect.

But i think if the site is not too complex you only need CI for the backend and for the frontend only php files to glue the partials together. Maybe just one controller that takes the responsibilities of the router too.