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How AI Helped Me Rebuild My Blog and Move from Jekyll to Quarkus Roq
A comprehensive journey of rebuilding a personal blog with the help of AI, moving from Jekyll to Quarkus Roq, exploring GitHub Issues Driven Development, and discovering how modern AI tools can transform the way we build and maintain websites.
2026, May 06 — 26 minute(s) readRoq 2.0 and Java Advent Calendar article
An introduction to Roq 2.0, a Quarkus-inspired approach to static site generation in Java. Learn about its new foundation, plugin support, and live-reload feature through a practical tutorial.
2025, Dec 09 — 2 minute(s) readMajor site migrations to Roq
✨ Two prominent websites have just migrated to Roq—any guesses who they might be?
2025, Aug 26 — 2 minute(s) readComparing Roq with Hugo, Jekyll, and JBake: A Feature Breakdown
Here’s a feature comparison with some popular SSGs to highlight how Roq stacks up. Feature Roq Hugo Jekyll JBake Performance Fast, and leveraging Quarkus dev-mode Extremely fast (written in Go) Slower due to Ruby and plugins Slower, runs on Java with Freemarker/Groovy templates Templating Qute (simple & readable) Go templates (powerful but complex) Liquid (easy but limited) Freemarker, Groovy, or Thymeleaf Extensibility Leverages Quarkus extensions Limited plugin system Large plugin ecosystem Limited...
2025, Feb 27 — 2 minute(s) readRoq with Blogs
🚀 Roq 1.0 is ON! It is time to give it a shot and give us feedback 🚀
2024, Oct 31 — 2 minute(s) read