WOW! Once I dumped the gemfile, performance for 60k+ files went from 550 seconds (when using the <scriptx) to just 96 seconds without needing the <scriptx hack. Thats is massive improvement and better than I expected for that many files.
Thank You!
Versions ago I believe Jekyll gained the ability to autoload plugins that are defined in your Gemfile. I don’t know if that’s for all plugins or those written in a certain way, but it definitely is a thing.
One of the core maintainers could probably chime in with the whys and hows of it.