Collections are rendered for every modification

[rdyar]

any time any file gets modified/added the entire site folder contents are deleted and re-rendered so that is normal behavior.

You can separate your assets like images,css and js from jekyl by using Gulp which will make that part a lot better.

recent post about this here:

Understanding how build time really affects Jekyll workflow

I am building a complex personal website/blog. I was working with Hugo and I am thinking to switch to Jekyll because it is much simpler. A lot of people complains about Jekyll built time. I am trying to understand how this really affect workflow. Does the slow build only happen when you are actually building a server-ready site? Or does it happen every time you save something while working on the site? (i.e. when you edit markdown or css or HTML etc.) Any pointers how I can understand constrain…