Background
I've been running this blog since the beginning of 2020 in one manner or another. The largest gap and travesty that I've left unattended is the fact that there is no chat capability built in. About 6 months ago I did try to implement my own thing with a DigitalOcean droplet and a postgres database. It didn't work well and involved nasty iframes in my React app. I just didn't have the time to invest.
With the now fully released Docusaurus 2.x (the engine this blog is currently using), I decided to see if there were any new options for comment integration. With minimal forum reading I came across a GitHub app called Giscus, and it was exactly what I wanted!