[est]

> a git-based comment system, is beneficial?

I don't need no db or a web API to store comments. A db need some moving parts to serve http, a third party service is unreliable in the long run. Comments can be stored as part of a static site, like in json for csv format, as it's frequently read but rarely written. Static files are easy to integrate into any webpage, easy to backup, migrate and grep.

I realize there are some problems yet to be solved, e.g. mask email address of the commentor.

[samuelstros]

Thank you, that makes sense.