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Re:Zola: A fast static site generator in a single binary by 1f60c on Friday March 05, 2021 @09:28PM (#26364685)
When Jekyll was created, all Apple laptops shipped with Ruby, and Apple has (had?) a large share of the “developer/power user” market. That’s my theory, at least.
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Re:Zola: A fast static site generator in a single binary by Dma54rhs on Saturday March 06, 2021 @07:17AM (#26366907)
Even shared hosting at the time came with ruby on rails support. Maybe it still does, but ruby was way more popular at the time in general.
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