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Interesting. I'm currently looking to migrate from Hugo to Zola. Personally I feel like I grok the configuration and templating options for Zola better than I do for Hugo.
I made the jump to Hugo too (from a managed service: svbtle) a long time ago, but I'll be really honest... I regret it. I decided to use an off-the-shelf theme, but it didn't quite meet the needs and I forked it; as it so happens Hugo breaks userland relatively often and a complex theme like the one I have requires a lot of maintenance. Like.. a lot . Now I can't really justify the time investment of fixing it so I j…
I’ve slowly grown to realize there’s some software you just don’t need to update. A static site generator (almost certainly) won’t have security issues as long as you control the input and the output is just a bunch of static files. Unless the new version of the software includes some feature I need, I can be totally fine just running an old version forever. I could just write down the version of the SSG my site buil…
This resonates with me! Both in terms of things I use and things I make - I want them to "just work"
Interesting. I'm currently looking to migrate from Hugo to Zola. Personally I feel like I grok the configuration and templating options for Zola better than I do for Hugo.
Using Zola's GitHub actions to test/build and deploy to GitHub pages too.
I made the jump to Hugo too (from a managed service: svbtle) a long time ago, but I'll be really honest... I regret it. I decided to use an off-the-shelf theme, but it didn't quite meet the needs and I forked it; as it so happens Hugo breaks userland relatively often and a complex theme like the one I have requires a lot of maintenance. Like.. a lot . Now I can't really justify the time investment of fixing it so I j…
Sorry to hear it. Always sucks to not be able to tweak your own site. I’ve had amazing success debugging compile errors with Claude Code. Perhaps a coding agent could help you get it going again?
A) Low-stakes application with
B) nearly no attack surface that
C) you don’t use consistently enough to keep in your head, but
D) is simple enough for an experienced software developer to do a quick sanity check on and run it to see if it works.
Hell, do it in a sandbox if you feel better about it.
If it was a Django/Node/rails/Laravel/…Phoenix… (sorry, I’ve been out of my 12+ years web dev career a short 4 years and suddenly realized I can only remember like 4 server-side frameworks/environments now) application, something that would run on other people’s devices, or really anything else that produces an executable output, then yeah fuck that vibe coding bullshit. But unless you’ve got that thing spitting out an SPA for you, then I say go for it.
I made the jump to Hugo too (from a managed service: svbtle) a long time ago, but I'll be really honest... I regret it. I decided to use an off-the-shelf theme, but it didn't quite meet the needs and I forked it; as it so happens Hugo breaks userland relatively often and a complex theme like the one I have requires a lot of maintenance. Like.. a lot . Now I can't really justify the time investment of fixing it so I j…
I made the jump to Hugo too (from a managed service: svbtle) a long time ago, but I'll be really honest... I regret it. I decided to use an off-the-shelf theme, but it didn't quite meet the needs and I forked it; as it so happens Hugo breaks userland relatively often and a complex theme like the one I have requires a lot of maintenance. Like.. a lot . Now I can't really justify the time investment of fixing it so I j…
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I’ve slowly grown to realize there’s some software you just don’t need to update. A static site generator (almost certainly) won’t have security issues as long as you control the input and the output is just a bunch of static files. Unless the new version of the software includes some feature I need, I can be totally fine just running an old version forever. I could just write down the version of the SSG my site buil…
There's a perfect term for this Patrick Dubroy coined: "cold-blooded software" https://dubroy.com/blog/cold-blooded-software/
For long term stuff like a blog, nothing seems to beat static sites generated before deployment, instead of automated tools like Hugo. I tried Hugo years ago and some tiny config or update would suddenly expose all site variables to visitors, which was an incredible security risk. Wordpress and Drupal are a war zone of attacks - judging by the server logs of any of web site. These days you can custom write or design…