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Why? It’s been over 7 years since I last posted on this blog, which had multiple reasons: I was more in love with microblogging using Twitter (now X). After a change in management and some weird decisions, the platform no longer felt like home and whilst I found my place on mastodon, it never felt like an adequate replacement. After some more months and more questionable decisions, I finally decided to leave X after 13. years. I was deeply involved in my professional career, and I still am, but I feel like this blog could be a better use of my free time. I was using Pelican to host my blog and, over the years, lost access to the files (they’re probably still in a backup somewhere, but I couldn’t motivate myself to start digging) and I had a bad memory about the build pipeline being painfull, which didn’t add to my motivation. Choosing the right tool for the job I’ve had some experiences with jekyll, the websites of DENOG and Stuttgart-IX which I (Co-)maintain are both built using jekyll. Jekyll usually does serve its purpose, but equally, I’ve spent too much time chasing the right version and fixing the build pipeline. Also for both projects I’m working on, it’s awfully slow. ...