From time to time I get hit by a wave of "I hate technology. I hate everything. I don't want to live on this planet any more." When that happens I remove one thing from my blog — one bit of unnecessary bloat that my blog doesn't actually *need*. Over the years these have included:
- jQuery
- embedded Twitter feed
- dynamically loaded sharing buttons
- web fonts
- comments

On the weekend I took a hacksaw to it again and finally removed Font Awesome and got rid of the static sharing buttons because I refuse to endorse BookFace or Birdsite (even indirectly). That means it's now just a static website that consists of HTML and one CSS file. There's no JavaScript or fonts to download, and only a couple of images (not counting those used in specific posts). I considered experimenting with a more minimalist layout, but paradoxically that would often involve adding web fonts and JavaScript back in the mix so I think it's happy as it is for the time being. https://www.stjo.hn/