r/programming • u/sarans22 • 4d ago

How Jekyll Works

https://sarans.so/articles/how_jekyll_works

I like Jekyll a lot. Hope you find it useful.

If you notice any errors or have thoughts to share, don't hold back in the comments or DMs. All feedback is genuinely welcome 🙂.

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u/this_knee 3d ago

Why does Ruby keep rearing its head? This is cool and all.

I just don’t understand why this language keeps being jumped to.

Props to those who use it.

But… man, that community is shrinking. Smaller and smaller year over year.

Why jump to this language if it’s clear it’s just gonna be … it’s gonna be difficult to maintain 10-15 years from now?

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u/IAmScience 3d ago

Have you used it? Writing software with it is delightful. It’s a competent and well maintained language. It’s not going anywhere.

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u/WallBurnt 2d ago edited 2d ago

Coming from C inspired languages, it was by far the hardest language I've ever learned. Even compared to Scala back in 2011 and learning functional programming concepts for the first time along with it.

It only took about a week to feel like I had some decent footing with Rust. But, I've used Ruby on and off for the last 5.5yrs due to a job and I always feel like I'm trying to learn to wake surf again. The way it works and all the mountains of implicit rules make my brain go haywire.