Practically Static Link

Eddie Smith has sampled the nectar of static blogging and now he’s hooked. He provides a very nice rundown of moving from Squarespace to Jekyll.

As for they big “why”, Eddie has the saddest and most accurate reason for fighting the good fight:

Even though indie blogging has been relegated to third-, fourth-, maybe fifth-class citizen status on the internet in the last few years, I’m still grateful it lives on through the people who won’t let it go.

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If static sites increase the longevity of indie web writing, that’s just one more reason to support static blogging and the individuals that freely share information that empowers others.