What quickly become evident to me was, that there exists no perfect blogging platform. Eventually I went with Jekyll, after having tried and dismissed several (more popular and mainstream) solutions. In this post I will document the considerations that lead me to pick Jekyll, how I got Jekyll up and running exactly the way I wanted, and why you should or should not do as I did.

A great post on his consideration for a new Blog engine—Jekyll—and some comments about the system, should you be interested in adopting it.

In fact, after reading this post, I’m motivated to transition my blog to a simpler HTML static site. This will allow me to host the blog onto alternative hosts and have it mirrored with little difficulty or inconsistency.