I’ve been publishing wordpress websites for well over 10 years now. Wordpress was working well for me once I was familiar and knew a set of plugins to use. I knew exactly which caching, security, image compression, host, etc. to install to get things running smoothly. Somehow, this still doesn’t feel simple enough. No way every website is built like this.
Back in school, I learned that a website is just HTML (for content) and CSS (for styling). So, why don’t I try just that?
The answer came quickly: Trying to build a clean HTML-based site from scratch won’t come easy.
So, I decided to get to know some static site generators. At first, I tried Jekyll. Setting it up with zero ruby knowledge was a nightmare, so I quickly discarded it.
Now, after months of procrastination, my will to do something has regenerated enough to try the next best thing: Hugo. After all, I can just download the binary and get started. That’s just what I need.
Let’s see if I can make this work!