Finally took a bit of time to circle back and try out some performance tweaks for my wruby site generator.

Currently testing things a bit more, but I've managed to bring down subsequent site rebuilds (with 202 posts + 10 or so additional pages):

~1.816s to ~0.591s

(on my M2 MacBook Air)

#ruby #ssg

Repost to celebrate the 0.40.0 release:

Launching BSSG - My Journey from Dynamic CMS to Bash Static Site Generator

Announcing the public release of BSSG, a Bash Static Site Generator born from a personal journey away from complex dynamic CMS. Discover a simple, portable alternative for your blog.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/07/launching-bssg-my-journey-from-dynamic-cms-to-bash-static-site-generator/

#BSSG #SSG #ITNotes #StaticSite #StaticSiteGenerator

Announcing BSSG 0.40.0: RAM-First Build Mode, Fediverse Integration, and Semantic HTML Overhaul

BSSG 0.40.0 is here, delivering a lightning-fast RAM build mode, native Fediverse integration, expanded CLI overrides, and new themes.

https://blog.bssg.dragas.net/2026/03/27/announcing-bssg-0-40-0-ram-mode-fediverse/

#BSSG #SSG #Bash #StaticSite #StaticSiteGenerator

See it working at https://marsh-sim.github.io/bibliography/

Because everything is written in regular files, the editor can autocomplete citation keys without any special tooling - they are just sections in another file. This kind of interoperability is why simple tools like text files and #ssg are so great.

I'm not a fan of hosting it on GitHub anymore, but there are already links in various places that I can't update, so this is the reasonable thing to do.