How I built this website (part I)

Intro I built this site to keep some thoughts written somewhere but also as an exercise. Although I’ve work many years as a Linux SysAdmin (or maybe because of that) I didn’t want a full blown CMS, with database, web server, php, backend administration and so on.. I wanted something simple and easy to maintain, cheap and free (as in freedom). CMS like WordPress generate pages dynamically, making database calls, running code interpreters like php, etc....

3 min · Alfons Soriano

How I built this website (part II)

Intro In the previous post I explained how I used Hugo to build a static website. Once you have you content generated, your next step should be to put it somewhere so it can be reached. This can be a directory shared by your own webserver, a hosting service.. but let’s make it more interesting. Using a Git repository By using a git repo, you can store and track changes of your files....

2 min · Alfons Soriano