[diggs]

I recommend using a static site generator and hosting on S3. It's the cheapest way to do it and will survive a hacker news storm. It's also easily managed in version control and zero maintenance. For extra points you could add a CDN in front of it but it's probably not worth it.

I'm a big golang user so I recommend Hugo for the site generator.

[deepsy]

That's a good point! What third party tools I can use to handle the comments? Is Disqus worth it?

[daviesgeek]

I would also recommend Hugo as well. I just switched over to it from Jekyll and it's really quite nice. It takes a little bit to get used to the theme structure, but once you have it down, it's pretty easy to keep track of.

Disqus is also a great way to have comments on a static blog. I use Disqus and haven't really had any issues at all with it.

[toepitt]

I found it more important to learn to write well rather than to add a comments section. Also, to have a way to get feedback before posting.