>To evaluate this as your are describing, you must reveal your estimate of the workload of what Tiger Beetle has done to roll their own docs. If it took them 5 minutes, for instance, the calculus is far different than if it took 5 years. Plus you must compare that time estimate to their other priorities to estimate the opportunity cost, something that you simply can not do accurately from the outside looking in.

I don't need them to reveal their numbers to me to offer my critique, as I think few people would argue that the upfront cost of rolling your own docs site could possibly be lower than the cost of deploying an off-the-shelf solution like Hugo.

I think where reasonable people might disagree is about the total cost of ownership of Hugo vs. the home-rolled solution over five years, but I'd find it surprising if home-rolled solution wins.

>To assert that you don't believe Tiger Beetle at their word here is deeply disrespectful imo.

Where did I say that I doubt TigerBeetle's claims? I disagree with the justifications in the blog post, but it's a difference of opinion, not a question of facts.

They published this blog post, and this is HN, so I think it's well within the community standards to offer a respectful critique.