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Why I Switched from WordPress to Hugo

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I Just Want to Put Text on the Internet

That’s it. That’s the whole requirement. I write things, I want them on a website. Markdown in, HTML out. After years of WordPress slowly losing its mind, I switched to Hugo, a static site generator that starts with exactly that and lets you bolt on the rest yourself.

WordPress heard “simple” and said hold on, let me spin up a MySQL database, a PHP runtime, an admin panel with a login page, a REST API, a block editor nobody wanted, a cron system, a media library, and, oh you’ll love this, a built-in emoji script. wp-emoji-release.min.js. Ships on every single page. Every. Page.

Adding Search to Hugo with Pagefind

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I Have Four Posts

Four. That’s the entire content library of this blog. And I just spent an evening adding search to my Hugo site with Pagefind.

You could literally scroll for three seconds and find every post I’ve ever written. But no, I needed a search bar. Because what if someone lands on my site and desperately needs to find that one article about wallpapers but can’t be bothered to move their eyes slightly downward? What then? Chaos. Anarchy. An unacceptable user experience.

I Replaced Nginx Proxy Manager with Traefik

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Uptime Kuma Alert

I got an SSL certificate expiry alert from my Uptime Kuma on a Tuesday. Ten days left. Fine, I thought. Nginx Proxy Manager handles renewal. That’s literally the one thing it needs to do.

Ten days later, my sites were serving browser warnings. You know those full-page “Your connection is not private” screens that make your site look like it’s distributing malware? Yeah. That.

Nginx Proxy Manager just… stopped renewing. No error in the logs, no failed attempt, nothing. The UI still showed the certificates as “valid.” They weren’t. I restarted the container, clicked “Renew” manually, waited. Clicked again. Refreshed. Clicked again like it’s a crosswalk button.

Where to Actually Find Good Wallpapers

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I Just Want a Nice Background

You’d think finding a good wallpaper in 2026 would be easy. Google “4K wallpaper”, pick one, done.

Nope.

Every site promises “Ultra HD” and “4K” and whatever other buzzwords they can cram into their SEO title. You download the image, set it as your background, and… it’s blurry. Some 1080p file that got upscaled to pretend it’s high-res. The thumbnail looked sharp. The actual file is garbage.

Ricing Hyprland with Claude Code CLI

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I Never Had Time for This

You know those r/unixporn posts with the gorgeous Hyprland setups? I’ve been jealous of those for years. But every time I tried to get into ricing, I’d hit a wall. Config files everywhere, weird syntax, tools I’ve never heard of. And honestly? I have a job and a family. I don’t have weekends to burn figuring out why my window borders won’t change color.

So I just used Gnome. It works, it’s fine, whatever. I spent my free time on other projects.

Hugo in Docker: Benefits and Practical Guide

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Why Docker for Hugo?

I used to install Hugo directly on my system. Then I switched to Docker, and honestly? I’m never going back. Here’s why:

No cluttering your system. Hugo installed bare metal means adding binaries, dependencies, and configuration to your machine. With Docker, it’s isolated. Clean.

Version switching is painless. Need a different Hugo version? Just change the image tag. No reinstalling, no conflicts with system packages. One line change.

Access Granted

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