tl;dr: Jekyll is established, simple, open source.

For those who don’t know, this blog uses Jekyll. Jekyll is old, established, and has a lot of plugins and themes available. It’s also free and open source. It uses Ruby to convert Markdown files into static HTML files. Meaning i can keep the posts in a non-proprietary markdown format, and change to whatever format I want in the future.

Not being tied down to any provider formats is mostly what kept me from ever starting a blog. I used to run a Wordpress blog, but honestly in this day and age, I’d prefer something static that can be served from anywhere.

Ruby is the elephant in the room, used by Jekyll to convert the Markdown files into HTML. I have’nt coded much and I dont have any of the setup for it. But Docker to the rescue! I have a simple docker image, that builds the site and puts it in the right place. I can easily extend this with Github pages, which is coming soon.