Why a static blog?

A static site trades flexibility for simplicity. For a blog, that trade is usually worth it:

• Pages are plain files, so they load fast and can be cached anywhere.
• There is no server-side code to patch or keep running for the content.
• The only dynamic part, comments, is isolated in its own small service.

The comments island below is the exception: a small piece of JavaScript that talks to the comments API. The rest of the page ships no JavaScript at all.