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I think the author would do well to front load "the why". Seems very over the top, sometimes you want to do things just because. Totally valid, but helps contex

I think the author would do well to front load "the why". Seems very over the top, sometimes you want to do things just because. Totally valid, but helps contextual the blog.

tedmiston 1y ago
They are essentially choosing the philosophy of optimizing for speed in every dimension. The tools selected are faster than their more mainstream counterparts — but since it's a static site anyway, the pre-build side of the toolchain is more about "nice dev ux" and the post-build is more about "really fast to load and read".
- zahlman 1y ago
  Much faster still would be to not set up a container for what appears to be a one-off run of some SSG-generation library on some Markdown files.
- hu3 1y ago
  I love Caddy and it's fast enough. But it's not the fastest. nginx is generally faster for example. So I can't agree.
gerdesj 1y ago
We both speak the same language. I can get to grips with "front load" but what does: "helps contextual the blog" mean? It appears, for the verb, you meant: "frobnicate".
- bmacho 1y ago
  It's supposed to be 'contextualize': putting it in context, ~explain.
  - 1a527dd5 1y ago
    Yep, that's what I meant. My fingers don't always type the right word - thanks!
nkantar 1y ago
Author (not OP) here. In hindsight, I wish I’d explained “the why” mostly to save so many folks in this thread from making lots of assumptions. The third paragraph in this comment touches on that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44993875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44993875