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Jigsaw

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Whoops. I accidentally wiped the VM running my WordPress blog.

Rather than restore the WordPress blog I decided to go with Jigsaw this time. Jigsaw is one of many static site generators, or as the cool kids say, a way to use Jamstack.

Jamstack

What makes a Jamstack site more than just a regular static website is its use of
Javascript and API services to add dynamic features to your website.

The JAM in Jamstack stands for Javascript, API and Markup

I’m not a fan of microservice architectures like Jamstack as it tends to add complexity, cost and a dependency on potentially unreliable 3rd-parties.

That said, I don’t need much functionality on my blog. This is JAMstack with very little J and no A. I may add comments at some point, but only if I can self-host them.

WordPress

The founding developer of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, has this to say about it:

JAMstack is a regression for the vast majority of the people adopting it

Matt is biased, of course, but I agree with his arguments. Read them in more detail at thenewstack.io.

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