After running my own static site generator for a while, I decided to migrate to Hugo. Here’s why.
Speed
Hugo is incredibly fast. It can build thousands of pages in seconds. My old generator was getting slow as I added more content.
Themes
The Hugo ecosystem has amazing themes. Bear Neo caught my eye with its clean, minimal design that focuses on content.
Community
Hugo has a large, active community. There are tons of resources, tutorials, and themes available.
Flexibility
While Hugo has opinions about structure, it’s still very flexible. I can customize almost anything while keeping the benefits of a mature platform.
The Migration
Moving from my custom generator to Hugo was straightforward:
- Set up Hugo with Bear Neo theme
- Migrated content to Hugo’s markdown format
- Containerised with Docker
- Deployed with Cloudflare tunnels
Looking forward to focusing on writing instead of maintaining my own generator!
SF.