Ugh. The length of that article (and the reliance on Disqus for comments) is why I'm still using WordPress.
I'd use a hosted service, but I haven't found one that can properly import my posts and comments. Is there such a thing? I know Posterous is close, but I don't think they import comments.
I still love Mint, too. I wish someone would build a hosted version of something just like it. If you're thinking the same thing and want to team up, drop me a line ;)
The length of the article is in part due to how in-depth he goes, and in part due to how customised he wanted it. Realistically you could get a Jekyll site setup in ~10 minutes.
As to comments, on my Jekyll blog I opted not to bother with comments, but yeah, Disqus (or equivilent) is probably the best option. A possible second option would be to tell Apache to run all the .html files through PHP, and use PHP to add in a database-driven comments system. Sure, it won't be as fast as HTML-only, but it will still cut down the load time by not using any database queries for the rest of the site.
There are several reasons one may decide to use jekyll, but I think speed is the least important one. First, this is a solution for small websites and blogs. I don't see how a large scale website would be generated from static pages, anyway. Second, there are simple methods to cache wordpress content without resorting to static pages.
I'd use a hosted service, but I haven't found one that can properly import my posts and comments. Is there such a thing? I know Posterous is close, but I don't think they import comments.
I still love Mint, too. I wish someone would build a hosted version of something just like it. If you're thinking the same thing and want to team up, drop me a line ;)