[grx]

The rise of static site generators was a similar topic some months ago, I think those two play together very well.

There seems to be a trend in disconnecting content and interactive input elements, sourcing out handling of comment systems to providers like Disqus. It allows a smaller publishing interface without the need to invest in big backends. As soon as there is no more input handling needed on my infrastructure, migrating to static content is a logical step.

Secondly, I hold myself to the same standards I want to see from other website owners: no bloated adscripts, no tracking and no excessive execution of code inside my browser.

Pages that do not display content with disabled Javascript should rethink their priorities - it not only excludes people with no JS, screen readers or text-browsers; it also fails to make me recommend the link on Twitter or Facebook.

[nickjj]

They do.

I use Jekyll to build my site, which is served up with nginx. 2+ years and 100+ articles later and I think it was a great move. You tend to strive to keep things fast and minimal, rather than bolt on a bunch of bloated plugins and other things that detract from the reading experience.