17 Jan 2009
After years of putting off completing this website due to a lack of satisfaction with blogging tools, I have finally found a solution that I'm happy with. Out with Wordpress, in with Jekyll.
Content Management Systems and blogging engines are a pain if you're a programmer/web developer. With Wordpress, I was typing my posts inside a browser, which is pretty bad since you don't get the power of a real text editor, and also risk losing all your work if something happens to the browser window. I also had to upload pictures and documents using a wizard which created folders all over the place without coherent structure.
Another major problem is the constant security threats that can compromise your entire website if you're attacked. I think I was upgrading Wordpress about once a month, which is slightly ridiculous for something as simple as a blog.
Anyways, I've now switched to a static content solution, where I write posts in my text editor and then compile everything to HTML that I then upload. No PHP, no security issues. Perfection!